[John Hunt]

Hey Guys, Thanks for the responses…

So after some more messing around with it (and still not entirely solving the issue) I’ve gathered that somehow FCP must be interpreting the values of video differently than it does of non-video. When I pulled both opacities to 100% just for kicks I noticed that the hue slightly differed in FCP although they are the same in AE. I am working on the same computer- yes- so it is not a monitor issue. I took your advice, Joel, and noticed it was rendering pre-multiplied… so I changed it to straight. It actually did improve the issue somewhat, although not completely… I performed the opacity test again at 100% and I’m still noticing that the hue is slightly different (between the still and the vid).

I know I can find a way around it by making the still image a video instead… I was just hoping to find out that I was actually doing something wrong or could manipulate some parameter to avoid this… on a side note- what do you mean by “render it as a movie without animation.” Are you referring to a specific option that I should toggle or did you simply mean to render out the static bug without moving it… I’m pretty sure you mean the latter- just want to be on the same page. Thanks again!

John