ProRes 4444 with Alpha output doesn't show alpha in Adobe

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Hi,

Have exported some clips with ProRes 4444 with Alpha, the clips show Alpha in TouchDesigner but not in any Adobe software.

Any workarounds to this?

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That may be a question for Adobe offhand

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Hi :slight_smile:

you may need to double check that you have the correct pixel format selected. the default doesn’t carry an alpha channel.

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Hey, yeah checked the correct pixel format it is 12-bit and my input texture from the render TOP is 16bit as well. Probably an adobe encoding issue, because it plays back fine in TD but not in the editors.

For now, have exported to NotchLC and then encoded in prores 4444 with alpha through media encoder to edit in premiere

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Just out of curiosity, what app versions are you using and on which OS?

The export path works as expected for me on:
TD 2023.12230 to AE 2024 on Mac OS 15.4.1
TD 2023.12230 to AE 2025 on Windows 11 Pro for WS

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I think I found the issue, it’s the alpha version. Reporting in the Alpha forum.

@flowb thanks for the tip, 12230 works fine