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Rob Aitchison

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DPX Alpha output broken

PostThu Mar 19, 2015 3:34 pm

Hi All,

Is writing DPX files with an Alpha channel broken in Fusion V7.0.1? I tried with an uncompressed QuickTime in and the output files do not have the same Alpha out
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Rony Soussan

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Re: DPX Alpha output broken

PostThu Mar 19, 2015 6:00 pm

Hi Rob,

DPX files do not support Alpha channels, this is across the board, not app specific.
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Lucas Pfaff

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Re: DPX Alpha output broken

PostThu Mar 19, 2015 6:18 pm

You actually can render DPX with Alpha, but it doesn't seem to be in the specification.
At least Nuke is able to do it; but only when you set it to 16bit, instead of 10bit. Crazy things.
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Rob Aitchison

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Re: DPX Alpha output broken

PostThu Mar 19, 2015 6:33 pm

Yes, 16-bit DPX images created by Fusion also contain the Alpha; just tested this.
Thanks for the help!
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Rony Soussan

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Re: DPX Alpha output broken

PostThu Mar 19, 2015 6:35 pm

Aha... note to self... 16 bit has alpha!

Thanks guys!
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Re: DPX Alpha output broken

PostThu Mar 19, 2015 8:52 pm

You're welcome :)

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