Production Switchers

I have created a lower third in Photoshop with a gradient transparency (one side of the lower third bar is transparent then gradually becomes solid). When i bring it into the switcher the transparent part of my L3 becomes white... If I choose to use a completely solid graphic it keys perfectly, but I want to have some gradient transparency in it... I used Photoshop CS3.

Any ideas?

Can you send me the the TGA or PNG you made plus the original PSD file?

loreilly@rossvideo.com

Les

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Jamie,

Have a look at how PS creates the alpha. I seem to remember that some graphics packages would create alphas in a reversal of the style we're accustomed to in video, that is the 'hole' is created as white, where the switcher would expect to key out anything in black.

Regards,

Geoff.

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Yes, that was exactly the issue. I had to go back into PS and throw in a black bg layer and then export it. Works like a charm!

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I think I have a similar issue- Here is my PNG file- and also how it looks with the alpha key enabled. Would the same as above work for me?
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For me it wasn't the black background, but going deeper into the key menu and hitting "Make Linear" fixed my issue.
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I just looked at those images -- the Fill channel has White where there is supposed to be transparency. Thus you have to do a Linear key and not an Additive Linear (shaped key) on the switcher. This is because your photoshop is giving you a White layer not a black layer.

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