Working with Alpha 1

[Aristotelis]

In order to use the convert to alpha matte feature the selected clips must have the same characteristics (image size, aspect ratio, etc)

[DigitalDave]

Can you still not save anything on the timeline with Alpha in, to a format that holds it's Alpha? Convert to alpha matte is always greyed out. Have not been able to bring it to life
DD

[Aristotelis]

The only thing you can use is the feature convert to alpha matte using the HQ codec - sequences do not hold alpha channel...This is very annoying for me as well...

[DigitalDave]

I am currently playing with version 4 seeing as it is now getting somewhere near to being useable for me.
I know that Edius is inferior in its Alpha handling, mattes etc but believe there is a way of utilising sequences to bring back in a sequence with alpha to then add a PIP to the sequence. I thought Lossless supported alpha but have tried that but it seems not to work.

Any ideas?

DD