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PPro alpha channel wierdness
Hello All, I’m having a strange issue with how PPro interprets the alpha channel information from the titler or from imported PS graphics. To keep it simple, I’ll describe the issue from the titler perspective: I create a title, and give it a fairly strong (dark and deep) soft drop shadow; you could almost describe it as a black glow. When this title gets cut into a sequence over video, most of the black drop shadow/glow disappears and I’m left with a very faint black glow instead. Why is this? I’m just looking for WYSIWYG from the title tool to the sequence. I get the same result with PS graphics prepared with “grey area” information in the alpha channel. Please help…I’m sure that I’m doing something wrong.
Dave
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4 Replies
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I tried the PP title tool and found it was pretty much WYSIWYG sequence/composer. You might need to trash prefs and relaunch. (This was all on a MacPro 8-core/Lion CS5 versions.) As to importing Photshop, layer styles have never translated into any NLE I’ve ever used. If you want to “bake in” a style, the most reliable way is to copy the type layer, rasterize the copy, then merge that down to an empty layer for import. I’ve found this works for Avid, FCP, and PP. The only problem is that if the client changes his mind about a style, you have to rebuild and remerge. I’ve found it’s quicker to just do the design to bare type in PS and and the shadow or other dressing in the NLE. Hope this helps.
MaK
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I have found when exporting, if you have “render with maximum depth or quality” the drop shadow all but disappears.
Real says “PRO” to me……
Chris Tompkins
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The good news is that if you do the style in PS, it DOES appear in PP in CS5 versions, and is easily edited directly by right from the timeline.
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Thanks for the replies. It must be something specific to my box or preferences. I’m not in front of it for a few days, but when I get back I will attach some screen grabs of what I’m talking about. I was hoping that this was a common issue and I was just missing something.
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