alpha channel export

joesmith232003 · Post by **joesmith232003** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:34 pm

I'm new to anime studio pro. I am trying to export a qt movie with an alpha channel. it gives me the option, but when i export the file there's no alpha. any help or tutorials in this regard is really appreciated!

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:04 pm

choose "million colors+"
that's alpha.

joesmith232003 · Post by **joesmith232003** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:32 pm

thanks, but i'm still having a problem. the background color and the animation character are all on the channel. how do i separate the character so i can place him in any background when I export.

thanks again.[/quote]

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:58 pm

are you sure you haven't any layer as background?
AS recognizes as alpha the background which haven't any drawing on it.

in which software are you composing the video?

if you still having problems, can you upload your .anme file to see what could be wrong?

joesmith232003 · Post by **joesmith232003** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:21 pm

I don't think I have a background layer. it appears to only be a bone layer. I'm using the sample from the tutorial called Winsor 45 and importing it into Apple Motion (compositing program).

thanks!

Kadoogan · Post by **Kadoogan** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:45 pm

It may be the Codec you are using as well.

I think quicktime may export an alpha'd video with the animation codec...been awhile since I have done that. Could be wrong.

I seem to remember the documentation saying that the PC codecs couldn't do alphas unless you loaded a special codec. Haven't tried it though.

Kadoogan · Post by **Kadoogan** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:47 pm

A series of PICT files might do it as well.

joesmith232003 · Post by **joesmith232003** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:42 pm

I don't see PICT as being an option. JPG yes. Tried it as a QT Animation but still no luck.

joesmith232003 · Post by **joesmith232003** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:46 pm

selgin wrote:choose "million colors+"
that's alpha.

I got it to work. I thought I had selected "millions of colors +," but had inadvertenly only selected,"millions of colors."

thanks for the help eveyone.

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:52 am

joesmith232003 wrote:I got it to work. I thought I had selected "millions of colors +," but had inadvertenly only selected,"millions of colors."

Rhoel · Post by **Rhoel** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:03 pm

You might find exporting in png sequences better - you can then use these streams in a composite program like Combustion. The flexibility is very useful.

Rhoel