I would hesitate to use the blue screen filter, as you won't get the same quality as you would using alpha channel.
Which part of the suggestion has you stumped? Reading your email, I can't see where you got stuck. Let me know. Thanks. -jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darth Mon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 3:26 PM Subject: [AP] Re: Filmstrip question 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 Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/u8TY5A/tzNLAA/yQLSAA/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/
