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I have had trouble recently importing a tif. jpg. and targa that has been exported from After Effects, has anyone had this problem?

Any suggestions why this is happening. Even when I reformat the still in photoshop that still won't work. All stills are RGB and not CMYK.

Thanks!

Could you please be more explicit ? Maybe post a wetransfer, an image, something !

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I am not sure if you mean a .tif, jpeg etc. [I]sequence[/I] export from After Effects since I can not get such a sequence to import to Xpression-- but a single image from the sequence export folder from After Effects imports into Xpression just fine for me, as I just tested the process.

Let us know if you can with more details and I am sure someone will assist.

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Hi Lisa, you can convert a sequence of images to an XPression AVI using the XPression Video Coder application.

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Yes thanks Brian I was just seeing if that was the issue with the original poster and perhaps that is his problem actually...best..L

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I am not trying to import a sequence. Just one still image. I have tried reformatting the still to jpg. tif, and targa I can not use any of them in xpression. The weird thing is everything that have done in Photoshop usually works.

Here is a link to the file. http://we.tl/UhWdhb5Wb5 Thanks for your help with this.

Ryan

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Hi Ryan,

I downloaded your file and imported the image as a material to Xpression and popped it right onto a quad with absolutely no issue...I would mention though that I was having a separate issue with Xpression locking me up on every switch to the sequencer and finally I unistalled and reinstalled the entire program and that cleared my problem away...please let us know what fix you come to and best luck!

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Thanks for the quick response. That is so weird! I will try uninstalling the software. Because it only happen sporadically and when it does it's still images that have been exported from After Effects.

Thanks for your help. I will keep you posted.

Ryan

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Hi Lisa,

Thanks for your help. I figured out the problem. Not sure if this is a none bug or what have you. The only way I could get it to show up in my timeline was when I put the alpha 99.9% at 100% it disappears.

Anyway if you ever run into that problem, that may help.

Ryan

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Hi Ryan,

What that means is that the PNG's that give you that issue are saved as 24 bit PNG's with no alpha channel. By setting the alpha to 99.9% you are forcing it to be rendered as if there was an alpha channel.

Materials with no alpha will actually get rendered in a different order from objects with an alpha channel, so it is probably disappearing behind some other object in your scene. Your workaround of using 99.9% is a good option; the other option is to export them as 32bit PNG's instead of 24 bit.

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I see, thank you very much. I will make sure all the animators and editors do that from now on.

That actually makes a lot of sense.

Thanks Brian.

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Very interesting all around all though you initially mentioned jpegs as well which would seem not to be within this spectrum...hopefully you will never have the problem again!

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