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Subject:	Re: FLASH: Flash to TV/Video
From:	Till Steinmetz
Date:	Mon, 10 Jul 2000 13:55:53 +0100

Hi,

>I did and it works fine (interlacing and all) exept for one thing: I want to
>overlay my Flash graphics and animations on some videofootage. The problem
>is transparency/alpha channel. I don't get transparent backgrounds when i
>Import the swf or QuickTime in my Video-software. Not in AfterEffects and
>not in FinalCutPro.
>
>Anybody soved this problem?

The only way to export transparent video (background=transparent) footage
is to export the animation as a PNG-Sequence. After Effects (4.0 / 4.1) can
import PNG sequences with Alpha-Channel. Mov and Avi Export have an
"include alpha" option which is ignored, dont know if this is a bug...

Bye,
Till

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