transparent background animated gif import from photoshop cs3

Been trying to import animated gif from photoshop cs3 into after effects with a transparent background and all attempts have failed

it seems so simple to everybody but me, ive tried everything and the background is always white

i can get a .psd file to show with transparent background but the animation goes wild (changes scale, shows at many place at the same time...)

these are the things i already do:

i click on the toggle transparency grid in after effect

i save in web and peripherics in photoshop

i save my images with no background

so im out of ideas

finally i found it

it was in color mode or color something something in the effects palette

thanks anyways

[Reuben Lemer] "I need to import a gif into after effects with its transparency intact. I dont have photoshop... Anyone help?"

Sorry, you're in trouble. Gif files don't support alpha channels. It's time for Plan B.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA

If AE doesn't automatically show you an alpha channel, you can always interpret the footage to have one. Highlight the footage, go File>Interpret>Main to open the window, and play with the alpha channel settings.

Still no joy? AE can't see the transparency and it's time to rotoscope.

Dave LaRonde
Sr. Promotion Producer
KCRG-TV (ABC) Cedar Rapids, IA

No, my images is just black and white, colour keying would do the same as using modes. But the gif file has the center opaque but the outside transparent. So if I were to colour key, the inside would become transparent as well.