Ok I'm tired of this.
I have no doubt this has been covered in infinitum here but I can't find it.
Tried importing a clip with an alpha channel into FCPX. Nadda.
The clips works great in 7.
Have tried Animation codec and 4444. So why is this so hard?
I guess I'm missing a fundamental...so much for the days when stuff just worked.
Lathe
Final Cut Pro X, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Alright....figured it out. Can't use straight alpha...have to use black. (4444)
LP
Lathe,
Im experiencing the same exact issues you were but cannot get a resolution with your reply. So a few questions...
What were you exact export settings from Motion 5?
Are you importing the file in any specific way? Do you have to change the "Alpha Handling" under the inspector>settings view ?
Banging my head on this one for a long while....the motion 5 file with alha works great in FCP 7.
Thanks in advance
Michael
In Settings view chnage to premultiplied
Yea, tried that. Still not able to get the alpha channel to appear
Are you working in proxy mode?
Yes, when I import the clip the proxy media box is checked.
Is playback switched to proxy? The ProRes Proxy codec cannot carry an alpha channel. You have to work in original/optimized.
It was. Of all the saearching I had done this is the first I had heard about the proxy playback setting. Maybe that is common knowledge? Either way, thanks for your help.
FCPX and the case of the missing Alpha Channel
