For my first time I just keyed out a bluescreen from some footage I have using Discreet Combustion. My problem is I know want to take the keyed footage over to Premiere. I tried rendering the video using Combustions default settings which used Targa images since it preserves transparency. However, when I export it as a targa sequence it exports each frame as an image file into the folder I specify. Does anyone know how I go about importing all the images back into a single file for premiere, or is their a better file format to use? Thanks for any help you can offer. -Ian
I am not familiar with Premier. If possible try to save the project
as an .AVI or .Mpeg then pull it into your editor.
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Yeah, I was thinking about trying to export it into an avi or mpeg but the problem is I don't think either of those formats support transparencies.
I just figured out how to import a sequence into premiere. I though I would post the instructions on here just incase anyone else had/has a similar question. You go to File>Import and then navagate to the first image in the seqence. Then at the bottom of the import dialog box you select "Numbered Stills" or in some older versions it may be called "Import Sequence". Hit the "Open" button and the sequence will appear as a single file in your project.
If that works, great, but it seems unwieldy, and although MPEG videos don't support transparency, I believe you can export an AVI that contains an alpha channel--essentially the same thing you're doing now, but all in one self-contained file.
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The easiest thing to do for keying out a bluescreen and overlaying it onto another video is to just do it in Premiere or whatever editor your using. Take the clip with the blue screen and drag it onto the timeline, and then go to Video Effects > Keying > Blue Screen Key. Then just drag the clip that you want as the new background on the layer beneath it in the timeline.
Doing it this way should save a lot of time, as you will only need to use Premiere and can bypass Discreet Combustion entirely.
Hey acfilms. Yeah I tried to key out the bluescreen in Premiere except it did a horrible job. Thanks for the post though.
Try saving file as AVI
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