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FCP7 Roundtrip with Alpha-Channels
Hi!
I need to colorgrade a project which looks like this:
a FCP7 Sequence with up to 4 Layers. Each Layer, except the lowest Layer (=Background), has an integrated Alpha channel. The clips are in ProRes4444 (keyed and rotoscoped stuff from AE).
In FCP i did the final edit and “compositing”.
Exporting XML and conforming that in Resolve works, but “kills” my Alpha-Channels because Resolve ignores embedded Alphas.
So i need to create a separate Alpha-matte for each clip (which means a lot of additional work) and add
that as external matte in resolve. Works, but is not very comfortable…Sending back to FCP is , in this case, also painful.
i haven´t found a way to render out a file with alpha (embedded nor separate).
The only way out is now via “Target”-Mode : means Resolve renders out a single-file which contains all layers.So i can´t do any further (minimal) tweaks in FCP7 (moving/changing Backgrounds etc.).Is there a way how i can improve this workflow?
– Any way to render Alphas out of resolve or a generally smooher roundtrip preserving alphas?Thanks in advance,
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[Daniel Boist] “a generally smooher roundtrip preserving alphas?”
Imbed the original ProRes4444 with alpha on a layer under your graded clip and you can still use the original clip as an alpha multiplier for the new one.
jPo
You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?
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