Losing Transparency

I create a movie in iMovie 08, export to .dv to Quicktime Pro, embed .png logos/watermarks @ desired places within the video and set transparency to either "straight alpha" or "straight alpha blend." Everything looks great when I save the video (the default is .mov).
Anyhow, to merge the video tracks, I again export to .dv (as I was previously instructed), only when I playback that new .dv file, the transparency effects are gone and backgrounds reappear. Don't remember this happening before.
Should I be selecting "deinterlace," "high quality" or "single field" for the .png files in the video properties box? or is there something else I'm neglecting to do along the line? SOS .. Please HELP!

I don't have iMovie and it's been along time since using it. You should be able to make a new video track above the video track that you have your video in. Place the .png in the new video track set alpha channel if need be., export. Look in your help file for iMovie or ask in the iMovie forum.
iMovie8:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1194
As for the .dv. DV must be throwing away the transparency setting in Quicktime when you compress to .dv.
+Selecting "deinterlace," "single field" or "high quality" wouldn't make a difference, correct?+ CORRECT.

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