I'm trying to make a short video with a transparent background (for my own overlays), all tutorials tell me to go into "options", and "enable Quicktime plugin", which I do... but then I never get the option to render as a Quicktime movie. The option doesn't come up in the "Render as..." screen.
What am I doing wrong? Anyone have an idea? Is it a different format now? (The tutorials I've been looking at aren't more than 5 months old)
I'm using Vegas Pro 18 (build 434)
@Brian-Dembkoski The Magix Intermediate codecs, similar to Prores output to .mov.
Can it render with the transparent background?
@Brian-Dembkoski No idea, why don’t you try it?
Also maybe you need to install the quicktime codec on your PC first. Download link here.
I see that I have kept two versions 7-76-80-95 and 7-79-80-95. Maybe there is a reason for using the older 76 version, lost in history. The download link gives 7-79-80-95.
"all tutorials tell me to go into "options", and "enable Quicktime plugin", which I do... but then I never get the option to render as a Quicktime movie"
The correct procedure is \Options\Preferences\ click on the "Depreceated features" tab ... then "check" the "Enable Quicktime Plugin".
Quicktime 7 will then appear as a render option.
Some previous discussion here may be informative.
Do you see a RGBA option? A is for transparency (alpha channel).
Use the "Quicktime PNG" format with "32bpp color" for your alpha channel export. The Quicktime Animation format can also be used.
@Brian-Dembkoski No idea, why don’t you try it?
Also maybe you need to install the quicktime codec on your PC first. Download link here.
I see that I have kept two versions 7-76-80-95 and 7-79-80-95. Maybe there is a reason for using the older 76 version, lost in history. The download link gives 7-79-80-95.
"all tutorials tell me to go into "options", and "enable Quicktime plugin", which I do... but then I never get the option to render as a Quicktime movie"
The correct procedure is \Options\Preferences\ click on the "Depreceated features" tab ... then "check" the "Enable Quicktime Plugin".
Quicktime 7 will then appear as a render option.
Some previous discussion here may be informative.
My apologies, I do click on "Deprecated Features", and then "Enable Quicktime Plugin", but it still didn't show up.
I've been avoiding going to download the Codec from Apple... because of all the articles saying NOT to, due to Security Issues, as they're not supporting it for Windows anymore. Was hoping there was another option, but I may have to. Or just do without.
Do you see a RGBA option? A is for transparency (alpha channel).
Couldn't find one in the Render As... screen. I looked through all the formats...
Use the "Quicktime PNG" format with "32bpp color" for your alpha channel export. The Quicktime Animation format can also be used.
I can do it as a PNG... but I see nothing that mentions Quicktime, or Quicktime animation.
But even though I can't animate it... the PNG does help, thank you!
@Brian-Dembkoski As best I can recollect the main “security “ issue with quicktime was with the player. Simply don’t use it, so just go for the download.