really it has a transparency in avi format? i have not tried it- i was just wondering because i know stills can. are you using the default grey bg color? i too render an uncompressed avi, which as you say it kind of large.

as for editing it use premiere and ae.

to the point of pngs- so if i label the files correctly the proggie will just take the rest and line them up chronologically? or am i missunderstanding and it is how i thought actually loading each picture indiviually? i like the idea of the option of postwork. am going to try it. never a bad thing to have more ways to accomplish a task.

in the end what matters most is what you want your end result to look like.

 

thank you all for the input