Actually, I just exported a png sequence with an embedded alpha channel using AFX5.5, and it works fine... its true a VIDEO file doesn't have transparency per-se unless you add a mask to it, but you can fake it with image sequences, just watch out for performance issues as Charlie mentioned.
~Mathew Robin Said: > After effects cannot render movies with a transparent background, the only > way I would achieve what your trying to do is use still images. one for the > image and on for the alpha/mask of each frame of the sequence. > > you can output the sequence from after fx once with the main image and once > for the alpha then import those into director and place the images in this > sequence,, [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!]
