Hi Jeff, Thanks for the help... I'm trying to do as you suggest but when you said export, that kinda opened up new worlds in photoshop that I am not familiar with. Like zoomview and paths to illustrator.
At this point, the only thing that I can think of is make the bacground all blue and use the blue screen filter. The only problem with that is that I can't resize the clip which is why I wanted to use alpha channel in the first place. Unless, there is a way to use 2 transparency settings at the same time. --- In [email protected], "Jeff Schell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Darth-- > > Filmstrip alpha channels don't behave in the same way, say, a photoshop .psd > file would. For example, in a photoshop file, if the layer is anything other > than "background", premiere will interpret the "checkerboard background" as > a transparent region of the alpha channel. > > With filmstrips, you can only have one layer--and it must be the background > layer. So creating an "empty hole" on a non-background layer in your > filmstrip doesn't necessarily work. It creates a white space, as you > learned. > > The better method would be to export your filmstrip with millions+ colors. > You can do one of two things at this point: > > 1. In photoshop, go to channels palette and turn on only the alpha channel. > Paint on the alpha channel. > > 2. Use your lasso/magic wand tools (or quickmask mode) to define your > selection. Right-click on it and save the selection to the alpha channel. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darth Mon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 3:41 PM > Subject: [AP] Filmstrip question > > > Hi Gurus! > > I'm experimenting with film strips and I have a short clip that I > exported as a filmstrip. Reason being is that I wanted to Isolate a > character and the rest of the background transparent. I opened the > file in Photoshop and proceeded to create a new layer to create an > alpha channel. However, when I open this back in premiere, the clip > does have an alpha channel but is not transparent but is a white > background. What could I have done wrong? > > Btw, I have set the transparency setting to alpha channel. > Thanks for any help. > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. Stop slavery. http://us.click.yahoo.com/.QUssC/izNLAA/TtwFAA/ADr1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
