PNG Transparency fine in RT, but renders like crap.

[Andras Sarkadi]

Cory, have you tried changing the alpha type of the PNG to straight/white/black? That could help as well…

[Cory Caplan]

PNG Fields (composite mode) was the answer, however, it took me a long time to figure it out.

I had to RE-EDIT them into the timeline after I had changed the alpha mode from black to straight. (which solved it) Just changing them in the bin didn’t.

Is this standard behavior for FCP– is there any way to change these attributes en masse after the clip has been edited in? I can right click on the clips in the timeline, then choose ‘Item Properties’ > ‘Format’ but I still have to change them one by one…

I’m just glad it was a few gfx, not a whole 30 minute show or something. The whammy of working in RT, but rendering bizarre would have killed me.

Hope this helps someone else.