Alpha Channel issue Final Cut Pro 7 to Premiere Pro & FCP X

I have an Apple Pro Res 4444 file that is not read in Premiere Pro as having an Alpha Channel.
The file was not was not automatically detected. But it was read in FCP 7 as having an Alpha Channel after I changed the preferences in to Alpha Type 'Straight'.
After I sent the XML data to FCP X and Premiere Pro they would not recogise the alpha channel even though I changed the preferences.

I agree - it is just that currently Premiere Pro does not display the transparency of the file in the viewer by showing checkerboard where the file is transparent, like FCP can do. It always shows the clip over black. If you are used to seeing the transparency this might throw you off.
Next version of Premiere fixes this, and displays checkerboard where the file is transparent.
MtD

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