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allenb300w
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July 27, 2017
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Why does Premiere change transparent png to black?

  • July 27, 2017
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I've made a png from a Photoshop file, and the icon on the desktop is transparent, as it should be.  When I use media browser, or File>Import, the transparent background goes away and goes to black.  I've done this before with success, as have other colleagues.  But now it no longer works.

I'm on Mac OS 10.12.5, Premiere CC2017 V2017.1.2.  Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Correct answer excited_Genie16B8

I wouldn't worry about how it looks during import.  Add it to a sequence and put something underneath.  If it works there, you're good.  If it doesn't, report back.

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CheatinSloth
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October 25, 2023

This post is ancient, but I had the same thing up until a month ago: importing pngs made the entire preview black, couldn't edit the clips and couldn't render despite changing almost every setting I could find, installing codecs, etc.

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    excited_Genie16B8Correct answer
    Legend
    July 28, 2017

    I wouldn't worry about how it looks during import.  Add it to a sequence and put something underneath.  If it works there, you're good.  If it doesn't, report back.

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    Meg The Dog
    Inspiring
    July 27, 2017

    Load the .png file to the source monitor, click on the wrench at the lower right corner of th monitor and make sure the source monitor set to display transparency grid, does it work correctly there?

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