Exporting video with a transparent background

[trauring (Philip Trauring)]

I’ve seen several discussions on exporting transparent videos here, but I still don’t understand if it can be done, and if so how. I set the background of the document to be transparent, and add the CSS to have a transparent body, but it seems that the scene has a white background so the exports always have a white background. Ultimately I’m interested in exporting a video, which I don’t think is directly supported yet, although this should in theory be possible at least through PNG export. Is there a way to do it now? If so how? Thanks.

[h_classen (Hans-Gerd Claßen)]

Exporting video with transparency: Premiere Pro / Chroma Key tutorial

There are a couple ways to use the natural transparency in your Tumult Hype documents in other video editing programs. You can either export as a frame sequence (this is easier) or use the Chroma key function to remove a specific color. This guide shows both methods in Premiere Pro. Note that most video applications support importing PNG frames, so this is the preferred method of getting your Hype document (at maximum resolution) into your After Effects, Premiere Pro, or other video editing app…

this is the current state ...

[Saeta (Saeta Hernando)]

I share it here too because I think it will be more visible: micro tutorial to explain how to export animations with transparent background and incorporate them into a video editor.

Hype 4 animation to video export

Since I cannot contribute to the community with code, I have created a micro tutorial to explain how to export animations with transparent background and incorporate them into a video editor. I have tried to make it as concise and clear as possible. Since I have the program translated into Spanish and my English is horrible, I have placed some subtitles in English to help follow the process. Anyway I think it looks pretty clear. If there are any mistakes in the subtitles, please let me know an…

[Rasmus (Freelancer)]

Any easier way to do this now many years later?

[Daniel]

If you are importing into video editing software, you could use an awful green color as your chromakey:

Exporting video with transparency: Premiere Pro / Chroma Key tutorial

There are a couple ways to use the natural transparency in your Tumult Hype documents in other video editing programs. You can either export as a frame sequence (this is easier) or use the Chroma key function to remove a specific color. This guide shows both methods in Premiere Pro. Note that most video applications support importing PNG frames, so this is the preferred method of getting your Hype document (at maximum resolution) into your After Effects, Premiere Pro, or other video editing app…

[BCM (BCM-Design)]

It is 2023 now. Any option to do this easier already?

[jonathan (Jonathan Deutsch)]

There's nothing to comment on/report on the app side - the recommended method is still to do a PNG Sequence export with 'Make background transparent' in the Document Inspector turned on, and then use other software to stitch together the PNGs to a video.

Note that mp4 video does not support alpha channels. The good news is that HEVC video does, so this would be what a future Hype option would support.