This video tab will give you some unique settings for exporting your Premiere Pro projects. You will see some tabbed areas labeled 'Effects', 'Video', 'Audio', etc. Now that you have your video export format set, look a little further down that same column. Especially the big ones like Adobe Premiere Pro and iMovie. QuickTime is pretty much the only codec that supports transparent backgrounds.ĭon't worry though, even though you might not prefer to export using QuickTime and get a MOV format video file, you can still import a MOV video file into nearly any video editing software. Kind of like how GIF and PNG images are the only image formats that support transparency. No matter what you normally export your videos as, you pretty much have to use QuickTime to export for transparent backgrounds.Īlmost every video codec does NOT support transparent videos. On the right hand side of the window, locate the export format. Set a video format that support transparency Once the Export Settings window is open, there are actually only a few settings you have to set in order to export video with a transparent background. Open the 'Export Settings' window by going to: File -> Export -> MediaĬonfigure the Export Settings for Transparent Video Backgrounds When you are ready to export your video project, open the 'Export Settings' menu via the top file menu like below: Finish making all your edits to get your overlay video ready for production. Load up the video project you want to export with a transparent background on Adobe Premiere Pro. Sometimes it is better to create a 'green screen effect' instead of an alpha channel video, like in this tutorial. Looking for a green screen tutorial for Adobe Premiere Pro instead? Checkout my other tutorial. Quick Steps to Export Transparent Video with Alpha Channel in Premiere Pro Then you can quickly import that transparent video in any video editing project your heart desires (as long as you have the video codec installed). We are going to export a video that has a solid background color (like a green screen or ' ultra key') to a video format that can support transparent backgrounds. Maybe it's for an video overlay or some super cool effect.

Sometimes you have a video editing project and you just need to ' export transparent video' background in Adobe Premiere Pro.

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