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Yet another alpha channel question…
I have read alot of the posts regarding problems exporting alpha channels and importing them into after effects…
Right now its very basic… (by the way I am using version 11.5)
I just have a cube – nothing else – and I want to export it with an alpha channel and put the cube on top of another clip in after effects.Here’s what I do exactly!
Go to render settings – save tab
Choose quicktime movie
Choose the ANIMATION compression, and millions of colors +
Check alpha channel
Go to “MAKE PREVIEW”
In options I ensure that the ANIMATION compression and millions of colors + is indeed selected
Then I hit ok.
Then it renders out and I place the file into After Effects – and I dont even get to choose how after effects should handle the file. I cannot even go to “interpret footage” and change the settings of the alpha, because its greyed out.
What am I doing wrong?????
Is there some secret way of rendering when its alpha or whats code I have to break!
I am going insane!
I would appreciate any ideas!
Thanks in advance
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1 Reply
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There was recently a post about this EXACT thing. I will save you the time of having to look for it:
Make Preview does not render your project, it makes a preview….so it does not include the alpha.
You need to render to picture viewer to render it out.
Hope that helps.
Tim
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