[John Frey]

Thanks, Eddie!

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25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

[John Frey]

Thanks, Chris!

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

[John Frey]

Voila! Thanks for the tip, Vince, it worked. And thanks to David for all of the quick responses. I have been editing for years with Sony Vegas and recently decided to invest in CS4 as well. I started with Premiere way back in 1995 and stuck with it until the driver issues about drove me crazy, thus the switch to the stability of Vegas. Didn’t realize what a great timesaver Dynamic Link is. So far, CS4 Premiere has been solid on my 64bit system. Am inpressed!

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

[John Frey]

Thanks for the quick response. I did render a portion of the sequence in AE as AVI Uncompressed. When I imported it into PPro, it shows up on the timeline with a black background replacing the original greenscreen. In PPro, how do I get the alpha channel to show through to the track below?

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

[John Frey]

David – this project is going to both Bluray and 720 x 480 Widescreen. When rendering from AE back to PPro, I need to keep the footage in 1920 x 1080 at the highest quality possible to continue the edit with eventual output. Will either the Quicktime or AVI give me this, as it all started as AVCHD? Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

[John Frey]

I imported my Premiere Pro sequence into AE and applied Keylight. Things look good for most clips. In AE’s File dropdown, I do not find Lossless Alpha as a choice in exporting the Comp. What am I missing, here?

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

[John Frey]

Thanks to all of you for your input. Too bad Keylight can’t run in PPro! Am testing all approaches.

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

[John Frey]

Thanks, Vince, for the help. If at all possible I would like to stay in Premiere for the keying. Primatte is sold through Red Giant for $500 and is listed as working with After Effects – no reference to Premiere as a plug-in. Unless there is another good keyer for Premiere, I will have to key in Keylight/After Effects.

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

[John Frey]

Thanks Bob for the informative post!

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore

[John Frey]

Still images that are too large on the timeline often cause the red color that you are seeing. Check the image size for them in your project folder. If they are well over 2000 x 2000, downsize them and see what happens.

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore