I've spent the past day and half learning to use the pen tool in photoshop and have finally finished masking every frame of my selected animation and imported into final cut pro (as .png files). I added the desire effects (making it black and white with a glow), and want to export it into After effects for an addition pieces/dissolve effect.
My question(s):
How on earth can i get my transparent files into AE? The files themselves are black in FCP, but when placed on top of a layer in the timeline, the black disappears and is replaced with the footage beneath. When trying to put this footage into AE, the background is still black instead of being transparent. I've been hunting around and I think it has something to do with adjusting an alpha channel (?). Once that problem is solved, how can I export the footage BACK to FCP and maintain a transparent background.
I'm sorry if this doesn't make too much sense. I'm very confused right now.
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