Saving LowerThirds with transparent backgrounds?

[spasticthinking]

what is the best format to save an animated lower third so that the when the background is keyed out it stays that way for future use?

Thx...

 

[RedCrow1973]

Try rendering a quicktime movie with an alpha. You should be able to find a setting that will allow you to render with an alpha in the Output Module settings in the Render Queue. For instance, if you choose the Animation compressor, you can select which channels to render (RGB, Alpha, or RGB + Alpha. You want RGB + Alpha).

BTW, isn't "queue" a really dumb word? I think we should find the guy who decided on the spelling and line him up with the Committee on How To Spell Wednesday (CHTSW) - and shoot them all!

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

RedCrow1973: Try rendering a quicktime movie with an alpha.

You can do that?! Cooool!

If you're going to do all of this in the same project, wouldn't it work just as well to precompose the thing?

"queue" and "through" belong to that rare class of words designed solely to allow us to cheat at Scrabble.

Cheers,



Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door