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Cut footage and importing into After Effects
Evening all.
My method for editing my video’s is cut them up in Premier then import the footage into AE for the finishing touches. However I’m having a problem. Let me explain.
I used premier to cut up a video. I purposely used the razor tool and cut the video 10 seconds in and deleted those 10 seconds. So the video shows black for 10 seconds then there’s content. Then I export the timeline and done. All is well. Then I imported the footage into AE, dragged it into a new comp, then placed other footage below the cut footage.
Now here is the problem. I thought that the footage I cut out of the premier file would be gone, transparent, but it’s not, it’s just black. So when I exported the premier timeline it exported 10 seconds of black, then the content. It’s like it exported a solid black layer where the deleted content would be.
Let me illustrate (if I can) this is what I see in AE.
Video1 (blackblackblack)Content…
Video2 Content…Video preview shows black until 10 seconds in. I was hoping that the (black) portion of the video I deleted in Premier would be transparent so you could see the below Video2 layer.
I know there are other ways to show the video etc etc but I’m trying to put a special project together.
Am I missing a setting? Am I exporting wrong?
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2 Replies
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U can only export and expect an alpha onstaed of black of u export to an alpha friendly codec like animation QuickTime with millions colors +.
If it doesn’t allow for millions colors + (the + is the alpha) u get black.
Jon Barrie
Jon Barrie
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try just adding a null object in after effects and render it out. I would never do render outs in After Effects because it is really hard on your system, unless you need to change something fx wise. It uses 2x the amount of resources because it looks for metadata.
“Oop, I think my render is done!”
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