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rafstudio Posts: 3 Joined: 4/6/2007 Status: offline
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I have been able to render backgrounds, but lowe thirds and motion designs have no alpha channels in juice 3 AL 7.0 sp 2 help |
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windhamjim Posts: 2150 Joined: 4/1/2006 From: Palm Bay, Florida Status: offline
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Did you render them as Video for Windows or Quick TIme? _____________________________ Jim "It is fun doing the impossible" Quote from Walt Disney (in reply to rafstudio) |
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rafstudio Posts: 3 Joined: 4/6/2007 Status: offline
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I have tried window media, quicktime and png I can only import avi wm, and png in liquid quicktime gives me an importing error with window medie i dont get 100000+ option for alpha (in reply to windhamjim) |
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rafstudio Posts: 3 Joined: 4/6/2007 Status: offline
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.tga files seem to render alpha and work in liquid
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D. Eric Franks Posts: 2544 Joined: 11/10/2004 From: Florida Status: offline
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Windows Media Video (WMV) is not the same as Video for Windows (AVI). WMV is a file format and codec and does not support an alpha channel. For AVI, pretty much uncompressed is your only option. Eric (in reply to rafstudio) |
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windhamjim Posts: 2150 Joined: 4/1/2006 From: Palm Bay, Florida Status: offline
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Make sure you select Video for WIndows. This will produce an AVI file. Import this file into Liquid. You will see only one file. Post back with the results. _____________________________ Jim "It is fun doing the impossible" Quote from Walt Disney (in reply to D. Eric Franks) |
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keepsakevid Posts: 85 Joined: 11/28/2006 Status: offline
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I haven't loaded Juicer 3 yet, but I've used a lot of DJ, revealers, etc in Liquid and I render them as .AVI with a separate alpha channel, uncompressed. Haven't been successful with wmv or including the alpha channel. I've used DJs as backgrounds, overlays, and lower thirds, depending on which track you put them on. Unless I'm filling text, I haven't needed to use the matte track. Would be interested if Juicer 3 does it differently. Pam (in reply to windhamjim) |
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windhamjim Posts: 2150 Joined: 4/1/2006 From: Palm Bay, Florida Status: offline
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I created an animated overlay today using Juicer 3. I rendered it as Video for Windows with embedded alpha. This created an AVI file. It imported into Liquid with no problems.
_____________________________ Jim "It is fun doing the impossible" Quote from Walt Disney (in reply to keepsakevid) |
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VbChaz Posts: 53 Joined: 1/27/2005 Status: offline
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Jim, I have always had to use TGA sequences with MDE's, templates, and lower thirds, but not anymore. I just tried the new Juicer 3 with the following settings: First, I scaled down to 85% Field order: Lower Alpha Type: Straight Format: Video for windows Rendered. It pulled straight in the Avid Liquid 7.1 and the alpha worked like a charm. So this is good news. Good luck to all!!! VbChaz (in reply to windhamjim) |
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daveM Posts: 30 Joined: 2/19/2007 Status: offline
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vbChaz - I downloaded the new version of Juicer3 (new as of 4-4-07) - and your settings worked great. First time I have been able to get an alpha avi out of DJ - always used png's B4. Now - I took a look at the difference in file size - png's were 2. 6 MB. Same length AVI was 197 MB. I'm not sure it's worth the drive space to have the avi. JMO (in reply to VbChaz) |
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windhamjim Posts: 2150 Joined: 4/1/2006 From: Palm Bay, Florida Status: offline
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Weren't each png 2.6 mb in size? Remember you needed all of them to create same thing as the single avi file. _____________________________ Jim "It is fun doing the impossible" Quote from Walt Disney (in reply to daveM) |
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daveM Posts: 30 Joined: 2/19/2007 Status: offline
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No - each one was about 20 k - now this was a revealer I did - I checked some other backgrounds/lower thirds that I have done - and they were in the 300-600k rnage each - so I guess a small revealer as a png makes sense to be small file size wise and large avi file size wise - since the avi has to be full whole screen.
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windhamjim Posts: 2150 Joined: 4/1/2006 From: Palm Bay, Florida Status: offline
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You are correct.
_____________________________ Jim "It is fun doing the impossible" Quote from Walt Disney (in reply to daveM) |
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