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!]
