QT+A-channel from AE > FCP

[Bhoneck]

What we do here is render millions of colors RGB+alpha channel which can be set in the render Queue. When you import that file into FCP it should retain the alpha channel. If that does not work, you can render the alpha channel seperately in the Queue, just pull down to alpha only. That should render only a B/W QT. This can be imported into FCP and used as a luma matte. if I remember correctly, you place the B/W movie under the color version of the movie. Right click the top color movie go to composite mode and travel matte luma. You would be way better off if you can just embed the alpha with the QT. One way you can check to see if there is an alpha channel is to re-import your render into ae, and then check if the alpha channel is there.

[Riccardo Zito]

Play out movie>
In the Output Module settings>Videooutput>Channel: make sure it is set to RGB+Alpha

[Riccardo Zito]

Thank you bhoneck,
I am sleep deprived and am doing silly mistakes.
Viele Grusse,
Riccardo

[Wes Plate]

And make sure you’re NOT outputting to a DV codec, DV doesn’t support an alpha channel.

— Wes Plate
Automatic Duck

[Sam Moulton]

heres a tut from the archives

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=2&postid=698645&archive=T

[Jaso Allen]

Hi there,

I had a similar problem a while back. Was making some graphics for a local kids show and when my exports were brought back into FCP there was no way to preserve the transparency.

I know I was exporting correctly, and the kids were using FCP 3 so I don’t know if there are alpha issues with that release but we could not get FCP to show or recognise the alpha channel. Later versions of FCP worked perfectly, and it just blew my mind trying to figuire out why this was happening. Still don’t know to today.

Don’t know what my point was. mmm sorry about this.

Jase