Using an ink in Director would work, but it wouldn't be as flexible (and probably not as fast) as using 32 bit images. I would save the frames as 32bit TIFs or PNGs (so that their alpha channels dictate their transparency), and then import them into Director.
Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:35 PM Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Movie transparency > Right, but how do I get the backgrounds of the image sequence > transparent beforehand? Is that do-able? How fast is director if I were > to key out the green in my images with white and use background > transparent in director? > > J > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charlie > Fiskeaux II > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 2:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Movie transparency > > > If the images aren't too large, or your framerate doesn't need to be > superfast, you could use an image sequence inside an LDM (a Director > shockwave movie (*.dcr) imported into your current movie) or flash. > > Charlie Fiskeaux II > Media Designer > The Creative Group > www.cre8tivegroup.com > 859/858-9054x29 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 2:52 PM > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Movie transparency > > > > I made a completely green map for a game, and outputted bitmap > > sequences of some demos I recorded, because I just want the models. > > What I want to do is key out the green, which I have done in after > > effects, but I want a transparent background in the sequence when I > > render it back out into a png sequence, so I can use just the model > > animation as an overlay for another image, but I don't want to render > > the image into the sequence, because I want it to be a variable image > > within director. Any ideas? > > > > J > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of roy crisman > > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 1:02 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Movie transparency > > > > > > To the best of my knowledge, and despite QT having alpha or > > transparency in their spec, you cannot actually have transparent, > > alpha-like behaviour from > > QT. You can mask, but not transparency. > > > > Maybe instead of trying to answer your question I should ask you to be > > > more > > specific: do you care what kind of video it is, do you mean 1-bit > > masking, or true 256 level alpha, etc.? > > > > roymeo > > > > At 03:58 AM 1/30/2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >What type/format can I render out a movie in after effects in order > > >to have transparency within director? > > > > > >J > > > > > > > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go > > >to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, > > email > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > Lingo-L > > >is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > > > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, > > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with > > programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to > http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
