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Exporting Targa with Alpha
I’m trying to deliver a clip to my 3d guy, and he is using CS4, I have CS5.5… He wants me to render a “Targa Sequence with Alpha”.
The clip was edited in PP, then Warp Stabilized and Reversed Time, and has a tight garbage matte applied, using the Autotrace method.
I’ve tried several times using the render queue, though it was first time using it at all. He says he’s not getting the alpha channel, that he needs to see the checkered background, but it’s not there.
Any thoughts on what I’m missing here, besides a proper background in AE?
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In AE, do you have a checkered background to your comp? You can toggle the comp view from the background color (default black) to the checkerboard.
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Yes, I believe so, I see the checkerboard background and there are no layers beneath the keyed layer…
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In the Output Modulue lossless settings have you changed your Video Output pulldown Channels to “RGB + Alpha”?
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Yes, I’ve selected Targa Sequence and RGB + Alpha
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Thanks for the help everyone, ending up using a “tiff with alpha”, that one seemed to work just fine…
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When you render, go to the Output module settings and make sure that the Channels menu is set to RGB+Alpha and Millions of Colors +;
Here’s some info to help you;
https://www.video2brain.com/en/videos-1450.htm#/?video_id=1542
https://www.video2brain.com/en/videos-1450.htm
cheers,
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Targa options have to be in 32 bits/pixels otherwise it doesnt get the alpha
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Dave youre my hero, turning it to 32 bit did the trick, bless!
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