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I had a request for this list, so here it is. It is a list of video and image formats that support alpha (transparency) channels.
(Note: "Unknown" means I couldn't find specific information on the maximum alpha bit depth, but it's commonly the same bit depth as the other channels in the file.)
| Codec | Maximum Alpha Bit-Depth |
| Apple Animation | 8-bit |
| Apple ProRes 4444 | 16-bit |
| Apple ProRes 4444 XQ | 16-bit |
| AV1 | Unknown |
| Avid Meridien Compressed | 8-bit |
| Avid Meridien Uncompressed | 8-bit |
| Avid DNxHD (RGB) | Unknown |
| Avid DNxHR (RGB) | Unknown |
| AVIF | 12-bit |
| Cineform | 12-bit |
| Cineon | 16-bit |
| DPX | 16-bit |
| GIF | 1-bit |
| H.265/HEVC | Unknown (probably 8-bit) |
| JPEG XL | 32-bit |
| Maya IFF | 32-bit |
| OpenEXR | 32-bit |
| PNG | 16-bit |
| RLA | 32-bit |
| RPF | 32-bit |
| SGI | 16-bit |
| SGI RAW | 16-bit |
| Targa (TGA) | 8-bit |
| TIFF | 32-bit |
| WebP | 8-bit |