Generally, highly-compressed media, such as H.264 or HEVC, does not include alpha (transparency) information. However, last week, Dan D. sent me the following update. He writes:
164k members in the AfterEffects community. After Effects help and inspiration the Reddit way. Launch this HEVC to After Effects CC converter, it will show the main interface, you can click 'Add Files' button on the top left corner to import HEVC videos, if your HEVC videos are in a folder, you can click 'Add Folder' button to load HEVC files into the software for converting. In this tutorials i'm going to show the solution for H.264 Codec problem that every user of adobe after effects CC faces. So just dont forget to subscribe,li. This Adobe® After Effects® 6.5.1 update upgrades After Effects 6.5 software to version 6.5.1 and resolves a number of problems, including crashes at launch with certain hardware configurations when initializing the user interface, layers becoming invisible when soloed, and sluggish performance on certain projects. Jun 01, 2020 The HEVC Codec must be installed to use this feature Problem The problem still effecting if you are importing HEVC video format on old Version Adobe Premiere Pro, After effects even new version, Filmora 9 still not included HEVC codec. Here is the screenshot of the error on Filmora while importing HEVC video.
This may be of interest, Larry, so I thought I’d pass it along. I found a way to make a much smaller file with alpha channels using the HEVC codec. It is possible! It’s something Apple just introduced last year, and it’s only supported on devices running iOS 13, tvOS 13, or macOS Catalina.
The first option can be used for any video created in any Mac application that includes transparency. The second option is specifically for FCP X and/or Compressor. The advantage of the first option is it can be used by anything. The advantage of the second option is that you can customize the compression settings.
OPTION 1
- For this first option to work, go to System Preferences > Keyboard. Click the Services category on the left, then enable Encode Selected Video Files on the right.
- From any video application, export a project that contains transparency directly using the ProRes 4444 codec. Then, in the Finder, right-click the resulting .mov and select Services > Encode Selected Video Files.
- Wait a few seconds for the next menu to appear.
- Choose HEVC from the menu and pick the frame size that matches your project. Click the check box that says “Preserve Transparency.”
The resulting movie will be much smaller and retain the transparency information. This technique will work for any video that contains transparency, but requires macOS Catalina or later.
OPTION 2
Open Apple Compressor and create a new Compressor setting using QuickTime Movie. In the Video encoding settings:
- Set the Codec to HEVC
- Check Preserve Alpha
- Adjust any other settings to your specific needs.
This setting can be accessed directly, using Compressor, or Final Cut Pro X, using Share > Send to Compressor.
Then start the batch.
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Both options create a .mov with alpha channels that is dramatically smaller than before.
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Larry replies: Thanks, Dan! I did not know this was possible.
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