"All titles that will be transparnet need to be in the first track on you time line, this is the only place where using an alpha channel will work."
Whaaaat!? I have transparent things and masks all over my timeline and in all sorts of tracks -- but
never in Track 1.
JL, There are several ways to do transparency, but you're probably going to be better off doing them in the
superimposition tracks, which are all tracks
above Track 1.
If your titles are Photoshop files, then check and make sure that you have a valid alpha channel. Forgive me if you already know this, but an alpha channel is
not a layer, it is something completely different and you'll find it on the Channels palette.
Take a look at
where I show my Assistants how to build images with alpha channel masks.
When you import the file to the timeline, right-click on it, select Video >> Transparency. From the drop-down, choose "Alpha Channel". The little preview window should show you a picture of your title -- and then the instant you choose "alpha channel", it'll show you an image of the layer
below it.
Verify by holding the ALT key down and clicking on the timeline to place the marker over your new title.
Any help?
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