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MrFreeze  
#1 Posted : Saturday, May 17, 2014 12:19:01 AM(UTC)
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Hi All

I'm Currently writing a scoreboard display in flash and I have noticed that for some reason Vmix does not interpret transparencies as I expected.

Through trial and error I have found that only symbols that have an alpha channel value of 0 are displayed properly.

Is this an issue with Vmix or me exporting flash incorrectly.

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Freeze
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MrFreeze  
#2 Posted : Saturday, May 17, 2014 12:35:22 AM(UTC)
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More info. for some reason a motion tween that has a alpha channel works fine...
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#3 Posted : Tuesday, May 20, 2014 3:37:18 PM(UTC)
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Thats because Flash is a lossy compressed format that doesn't really have an alpha channel.
Why not create it in After Effects?

There are tons of super easy scriptlets to do this in AE. Look up "round clock script" for After Effects.
Its a chunk of code, you choose whether you want the clock to count up or down, set your time and you're done.

http://retouchcanada.com...ffects-timer-expression/

Export your scoreboard as a Quicktime .mov or as an H.264 MPG those should work perfectly.
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, May 21, 2014 5:17:57 AM(UTC)
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Thanks coskel for the reply,

While that would work for most applications, not for this case. This doesn't just display time but scores as well as other information.

Though I have actually solved the issue. For some reason if you try and use dynamic TLF Text box alpha channels won't work, but if you a Dynamic Classic Text box, it works fine...
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