Trouble with nesting sequences

Hello.
The "transparent" elements of my sequences are not preserved when I bring them into another sequence/timeline and apply an effect or motion to it. Is this typical? They appear to be fine, at first, but when they are rendered or exported, the nested sequence has a black background instead of a transparent one. I'm working targa files with transparent elements, which work just fine in their source sequence.
I apologize if my wording is awkward or if this has been answered elsewhere.

This is not my experience.
When I add transparent elements to a sequence and I nest this sequence into another one, transparency is preserved, even after rendering (I can superimpose the sequence with transparent elements to another clip in the timeline, and this appears in the transparent areas).
Exporting is a different issue. FCE can Export/Quicktime Movie only using DV or HDV codecs that do not preserve transparency. There is a possibility however: you may Export/Using Quicktime Conversion and select the Animation codec which preserves transparency. But before exporting you must make sure that the sequence is not rendered, otherwise the non transparent rendered files will be used (to do that you can make the tracks not Visible and then Visible again, in order to delete the render files; or you can disable and enable again the transparent clips).
Piero

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Message was edited by: Jerry Hofmann

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Script:
set serveroutput on format wrapped
set feedback off
set linesize 150
DECLARE
/* Set supported version here */
ora_version VARCHAR2(4);
unsupp_version EXCEPTION;
/* Archive Log Info */
db_log_mode VARCHAR2(12);
BEGIN
SELECT SUBSTR(VERSION, 1, 4)
INTO ora_version
FROM v$instance;
SELECT log_mode
INTO db_log_mode
FROM v$database;
CASE
WHEN ora_version = '10.2' THEN
DECLARE
TYPE t_db IS RECORD(
dflsh VARCHAR2(3),
dcscn NUMBER);
v_db t_db;
BEGIN
CASE
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DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' Version : ' || ora_version);
END CASE;
END;
WHEN ora_version = '9.2' THEN
DECLARE
TYPE t_db IS RECORD(
dcscn NUMBER);
v_db t_db;
BEGIN
CASE
WHEN db_log_mode = 'ARCHIVELOG' THEN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'SELECT current_scn FROM v$database'
INTO v_db;
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' Current SCN : ' || v_db.dcscn);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' Log Mode : ' || db_log_mode);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' Version : ' || ora_version);
END;
ELSE
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' Log Mode : ' || db_log_mode);
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' Version : ' || ora_version);
END CASE;
END;
ELSE
RAISE unsupp_version;
END CASE;
EXCEPTION
WHEN unsupp_version THEN
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('');
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' Unsupported Version '||ora_version||' !');
DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('');
END;
set linesize 80
set feedback on
set serveroutput off
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END;
ERROR at line 31:
ORA-06550: line 31, column 7:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol ";" when expecting one of the following:
case
ORA-06550: line 37, column 1:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "WHEN"
ORA-06550: line 50, column 28:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol ";" when expecting one of the following:
case
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Hi,
Never write, much less post, unformatted code.
Indent the code to show the extent of multi-line structures like BEGIN and CASE.
For example:
DECLARE
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     ora_version       VARCHAR2 (4);
     unsupp_version       EXCEPTION;
     /* Archive Log Info */
     db_log_mode      VARCHAR2 (12);
BEGIN
     SELECT     SUBSTR(VERSION, 1, 4)
     INTO     ora_version
     FROM     v$instance;
     SELECT     log_mode
     INTO     db_log_mode
     FROM     v$database;
     CASE
         WHEN ora_version = '10.2' THEN
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              TYPE t_db IS RECORD(
                         dflsh     VARCHAR2(3),
                         dcscn      NUMBER);
              v_db t_db;
          BEGIN
              CASE
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                                       INTO v_db;
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                   DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' Log Mode : ' || db_log_mode);
                   DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(' Version : ' || ora_version);
              END;
...The code above is what you posted, with some whitespace added.
The error is much clearer; the last CASE statement concludes with END, but CASE blocks always have to conclude with END CASE .
Why are you using a nested BEGIN block in the code above? Are you plannning to add an EXCEPTION handler later?
When posting formatted text on this site, type these 6 characters:
\(small letters only, inside curly brackets) before and after each section of formatted text, to preserve spacing.

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Media Encoder CC 2014 using cached versions of Precomps in AE and Nested Sequences in Premiere?

I'm seeing this weird thing where Media Encoder is using older versions of certain assets when exporting a Premiere Pro CC 2014 sequence. I'm seeing issues with nested sequences...Media Encoder uses an old version of a linked AE comp or it doesn't render a certain video track. With linked AE comps...I'm seeing Media Encoder use an earlier version of a precomp within the main comp.
When I look at the video in the Export Settings dialogue in Media Encoder, the old version of the AE comp shows .
If I look at the Export Settings dialogue in Premiere, it's up to date and looks right.
Anyone dealing with this or found a workaround? Thanks!
Calvin

I don't think I'd call this issue expected behavior...at best it's anticipated behavior that's going wrong. The only reason I wouldn't call it expected behavior is because what I'm seeing is AME reverting to a cached state on a FRESH LOAD of a sequence to render directly from Premiere. Basically, AME isn't open...sequence looks fine in PPro...load into AME via PPro export...look at export settings dialog in AME and note that the sequence is the old/cached version. So, it's not like the export was already in AME and THEN I made changes in PPro. It appears AME might be incorrectly identifying the newly imported sequence for export as an older, cached version.
However, I didn't get a chance to test your original solution so I'll try that the next time I see it happen. I also fixed the issue by clearing out the media cache and databases. NOT an elegant solution at all and TOTAL overkill...but it did work.
Thanks for the links!

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