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Trouble getting rid of black solid background
I created a ring using a Video Copilot tutorial called “The Ring,” and it looks exactly as it’s supposed to, with a four color gradient background. The problem is, I just want to use the actual ring part, and get rid of the background. But when I make the background layer invisible, all it does it revert back to a black solid. I can’t figure out how to get rid of this black solid. Any ideas? Thank you!!!!
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I think the “black solid” you are referring to is the default color of the transparent background. You can check this by clicking the “Show Transparency” button. It is a button under the viewer that looks like a checkerboard. When you click that button it should change the black color to the transparent checkerboard. The black color can also be changed to other colors and just serves as a way to better see what you are doing.
To export the ring with transparency put it in your render queue and choose “RGB + Alpha” in the settings. Once it has been exported with its alpha, you should be able to lay the ring over footage in your NLE.
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Wonderful, thank you!!!
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…and remember, when outputting you will need to choose a codec that supports an alpha channel i.e. the QuickTime Animation codec. Many output options will indeed render the background that you have selected as a BG color, typically black.
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