Transparency in imported video

Apr 25, 2014

Hi,

I've experimented with inserting a video onto a Storyline slide, where the background has been removed from the video and replaced by transparency so that it can be overlayed over other elements on the slide.

My video is showing with a black background instead of transparency, although I've checked that it does have a transparent background in other applications.

It's a .mov file, saved with transparency.

Any suggestions?

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Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

almost 10 years ago04/25/14 at 8:25 am (UTC)

Hi Drew,

Since your .mov video will be encoded to an MP4 upon publishing, you may want to look at using a FLV with transparency.

Here's how Storyline encodes movies you insert into your courses, based on the file format of your videos and the publishing options you choose.

Drew Simpson
Author

almost 10 years ago04/25/14 at 8:33 am (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification Ashley.

I knew it could be done because I'd seen it before!

Thanks again, Drew

William Stephens

over 8 years ago08/26/15 at 10:37 pm (UTC)

Ashley,

Adobe CC has removed the FLV export option from After Effects and Premire. Are there any other formats that Storyline will recognize the alpha channel.

Thanks,

Will

Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard
Staff

over 8 years ago08/27/15 at 2:56 pm (UTC)

Hi Will,

There aren't any other video formats where it would be recognized - so you may want to look into another tool to create the video files.

Transparency in imported video

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