Want to create a video with a transparent background? No problem. In this article, we’ll walk you through how you can either use the online tool Unscreen or use After Effects and Premiere Pro. To show you just how it works, we used a stock video from Pexels, also a great option if you don’t have the time/budget to shoot your own video. If you’ve already shot a great video and want to remove the background without fiddling around in After Effects or Premiere Pro —
Unscreen is the way. Hop on over to Unscreen and drag and drop your video there. Within seconds, you’ll see that Unscreen removes all the video background, leaving just the main character in the frame. You can already see in the preview window what the video will look like. Usually, when you want a video background to be transparent, there’s a reason for it. You either want to place another video, color, or image background behind it. We get it, and you can do all that within Unscreen. To do so, simply click on the > Change Background
button below the video. Now a dropdown will open up. You can change the background of the video to one of our preset videos, colors, or images simply by selecting one of the tabs Video/Color/Image, then go ahead and select whatever one that’s to your liking. You’ll see what the result will look like exactly in the preview window above. Not only that, but you can also upload a background video or photo you
might already have ready to go. To do so, click on the video tab and either select one of the preset videos within unscreen or go ahead and upload your own new video background by clicking on Upload Background. Once you’re happy with the video, go ahead and hit download. Just a heads-up here: Unscreen will only give you a free download of a 5-second GIF. If you want to download the entire video as an MP4, that’s no problem at all — you can create an account in just a few seconds and pay for your download. Prices for a video without a background start at 3 Euros per minute if you sign up for the subscription plan and 4.99 Euro per minute for the pay-as-you-go option, which is very neat pricing, considering just how much time you save. Once you’ve downloaded the file, simply upload it into your video editing software of choice and continue
editing. If you’re already working in an editing tool and would prefer to go the manual way to create a transparent background in After Effects or Premiere Pro, we’ll cover that below for you. How to Make a Video Transparent in After Effects & Premiere ProDo you already work in After Effects or Premiere Pro and want to create a video with a transparent background? Let’s do it. But before we dive in, let’s give you the options you have to make this happen; you can create a transparent background of your video on Unscreen and upload it directly into After Effects or use our plugin. Since we just walked you through how to use the online tool at Unscreen to create a transparent background, let’s dive into how to upload your video without the background into Unscreen first — once you've gone through the steps of the first section. Remember that you’ll likely want to go for the Pro bundle to get the best quality and results.
If you’re regularly applying a transparent background to a video, installing the Unscreen extension is probably a good idea. That way, you can speed up your workflow and get results way quicker. 1. Download the Unscreen extension for After Effects here. You can also find it on the Exchange by opening up ‘Window’ in the desktop version of After Effects and selecting ‘Find Extensions of Exchange.’ Now, type in Unscreen and go ahead and install it. 2. Next, open up Window again > Extensions > Unscreen Pro. A window will open up like this: 3. Hop on over to Unscreen to upload your video and process it with Unscreen Pro bundle. 4. Once that’s done, you can switch back to After Effects and click on Import Unscreen Pro Bundle. You can now select the ZIP you just downloaded, and After Effects will do the rest for you. 5. That’s it! You should be good to go now; your video with a transparent background is ready, and you can continue editing. Want to take a deep dive? Head on over to our articles: How to Remove Video Background in After Effects or How to Remove Video Background in Premiere Pro. How to Make Video Transparent in After Effects and then Export/RenderThis section is more so if you have created graphics that require a transparent background and want to overlay these over another video. To do this, you can use the Alpha Channel function. If you don’t render the transparent background, After Effects will fill in the background in black. To render a video with a transparent background, go ahead and:
You can also watch a complete step-by-step tutorial on how to do it right here: Once you’re done, you can also check your rendered video and whether it genuinely was rendered with alpha channels:
How to Make Video Transparent in Premiere Pro and then Export/RenderTo export a video with a transparent background in Premiere Pro:
You can also watch the full tutorial here: Alrighty, that wraps up how to create a video with a transparent background; happy editing! And since you’re here, we have another great read for you: How to Add Video Background to Zoom — a guide to adding a little more pizzazz to your Zoom calls. And who doesn't need that nowadays? All blog posts Can you export a video with transparent background After Effects?Whether you're working with a still or moving file, the reason for a transparent background is simple: flexibility. In After Effects, specifically, exporting your footage with a transparent background allows you to place it above or below other footage, text or images in your video editing timeline.
How do you export render with transparent background in After Effects?How to Export with a Transparent Background in After Effects. Step 1: Select the composition you want to export, either in the timeline or project panel.. Step 2: Click the “Composition” menu and select “Add to Render Queue” ... . Step 3: Select the dropdown icon next to “Output Module” to access your video output settings.. |