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By madisonw - 7 Years Ago
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I am trying to export a character animation with a transparent background to use in my training courses. I have tried several different work-arounds to try to get a transparent background, but haven't had any luck. Here's what I have tried so far:- Export as AVI file with green screen, remove in video editing software.
- Export as popVideo file, remove background.
- Export as PNG sequence.
All of these options export with a background which I am able to remove with secondary software (popVideo or other video editing program), but when I render and export the video out of the secondary program it always has a background again. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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By RicksWorks - 7 Years Ago
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This is a major function that I thought for sure would be a standard export option by now.
Please Dev's, give us transparent bg export.
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By propose - 7 Years Ago
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Have you tried Hitfilm? Works for me!
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By RicksWorks - 7 Years Ago
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I tried HitFilm a long time ago, but I have a subscription to Adobe CC.
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By garylearntech - 7 Years Ago
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Well, I've done it successfully on my Mac version, so I'd be astonished if you can't do it on your Windows version. (From memory, I had to choose the "Apple ProRes 4444" video codec.) The output formats are different on the Mac version, but the one common feature I wonder if you've missed – I missed it initially – is to turn off the Render Hidden Objects checkbox. (I had been using a placeholder for positional work, which I merely hid once I was finished. It was still exported.)
In case you've missed it and it might help you, the manual has this to say about exporting.
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By Peter (RL) - 7 Years Ago
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madisonw (7/20/2017)
I am trying to export a character animation with a transparent background to use in my training courses. I have tried several different work-arounds to try to get a transparent background, but haven't had any luck. Here's what I have tried so far: - Export as AVI file with green screen, remove in video editing software.
- Export as popVideo file, remove background.
- Export as PNG sequence.
All of these options export with a background which I am able to remove with secondary software (popVideo or other video editing program), but when I render and export the video out of the secondary program it always has a background again. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
I don't really understand the problem you are having. If you are on a PC you can export Sequence Image PNG and you will get a transparent background. Obviously if you include a background in your scene then this will be rendered too. Try with a new project and just add a character. Then give the character an animation and render to Sequence Image PNG. You will find all the sequence images have a transparent background.
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By shayeryan - 6 Years Ago
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I'm having the same problem and these are my settings.
Rendering to PNG, AVI, hidden objects unchecked. The only thing in my scene is a single character according to the the scene manager but I still get a grey background every time I render.
Why?
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By kylelee - 6 Years Ago
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Hi, You can refer this video to remove your background.
Crazytalk animator & After Effects
Another way is export sequence PNG Images in the external video editor.
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By shayeryan - 6 Years Ago
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Thanks for the reply but that didn't really solve anything. That video is so fast I can hardly tell what's going on.
At about min 3:30 he has the MOV file in after effects and using a plugin called key light that does something to the background and makes it go away. Now what??
Also, I am using an external editor, Premiere. Here is how it looks when I drop the video into the timeline.
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By theschemer - 6 Years Ago
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You can always try the FREE TRIAL of Pop Video.
https://www.reallusion.com/popvideo/download.html
https://www.reallusion.com/store/product.html?l=1&p=pv
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By shayeryan - 6 Years Ago
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I ended up using the built in Ultra Key Effect (green screen) that comes with Premiere. Lots of tutorials on how to use this. Make sure you add a solid color behind your animation and don't leave the default grey or won't work.
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