Many people want to create video titles with transparent backgrounds so they can then import them into their non-linear editing software (NLE) and overlay the titles onto existing video. You can do this using Wild FX Pro. This tutorial contains information on how to do this with two popular nonlinear editors: Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas.

How to use Wild FX Pro video titles with an alpha channel in Adobe Premiere and Sony Vegas

ABOUT THE ALPHA CHANNEL
One of the most popular methods for creating transparent backgrounds in video is to use an alpha channel.

Images represented on video are composed of three grayscale images called channels – one red, one green, one blue - or RGB images. An alpha channel is a fourth channel in
an RGB image that defines what parts of the image are transparent or semi-transparent.
An alpha channel can be either straight or premultiplied, depending on the program that created the image. Wild FX Pro uses the straight alpha channel. When an image contains a straight alpha channel, the transparency information is stored only in the alpha channel.

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Have you ever wanted to put some animated signatures in an email, or animated text on a site that restricts the use of Flash, video and other rich-media formats? Well, now you can, using Wild FX Pro 4's new animated GIF export option. That's because animated GIF works everywhere!

Use all the same great effects and features built into Wild FX Pro and output them to the user friendly animated GIF format.

GREAT NEW FEATURES >>>

In addition to animated GIF output, Wild FX Pro 4 has

* Active content fix for Flash files in Internet Explorer
* automatic transparent video option loader
* email code export
* updates for handling Quicktime 7.

Wild FX Pro 4 is available for Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Current WIld FX Pro customers get upgrade discounts.

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This was just emailed to us by a new Wild FX customer --

"Wild FX is absolutely phenomenal! The user interface is friendly, and one can really grasp what is going on even before consulting the help. Well worth the price, and a real timesaver. I guess you know how much keyframing it would take if one were to try to replicate just one of your many effects. Excellent product. I am very impressed. Thanks!"
-- Sharon Pruett

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