Video with transparent background in Storyline 360

I would like to see it but the password does not work.

Hey Cary It seemed very interesting to me, if you can share your process that would be great. I really don't understand why they haven't made this feature available to everyone yet. Thanks for sharing your project.

Happy to Alencar! 

Recording the video:

• I used Zoom as it allows me to replace my background, but you can probably replicate in other video conferencing software as well.
• You could also use a green screen, key out the background, and replace with a solid color. To allow you to more cleanly blend the video background with the Storyline project background, you would want to replace the background digitally vs. using a solid cloth or paper color backdrop during a video shoot.

Working in Storyline:

• Insert your recorded video with the replaced background color into your Storyline project.
• Adjust the background color of your Storyline project to match the video background color.
• You must preview/publish your project now, to ensure the background color actually matches/aligns in your final output. Make any publishing adjustments to video and image quality setting now to ensure an accurate color match.
• Depending on what you're doing with the video and background in your project, you can also use matching color shapes to blend the background, when/if needed. 
• From there, the video asset can be treated almost like a regular object in your project.

Let me know if you have any other questions or if you give it a try and run into any issues - reach out at cory.warshawsky@gmail.com

Bump to keep the topic of interest known to the Articulate Team. 

Hi, I'd also like to see this feature added to Storyline. If it has been, please can someone educate me? 

Here's a workaround I have developed to add transparent videos using JavaScript:
https://www.innovativelg.com/blog/2023/11/enabling-videos-with-transparent-backgrounds-in-articulate-storyline/

OMG! This will be a game changer. Thank you so much. I will try it out.

Thanks Matt, if this works, lots of people will be very happy!

Credit to Chris Hodgson of Discover Learning for his video on 3D Parallax Hover Effects Using Tilt.JS for the idea of using the Alt text to mark a shape in Storyline as being the position where you want the video to go. That video inspired me to start thinking about what other things could be done once Storyline elements could be located easily from JavaScript. Which is what led me to work on the transparent video solution.

If you try out this solution and run into any issues feel free to reach out to me directly. I am happy to help you resolve:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattkurtin/

Now it is 2024 and this problem isn't solved. There are a lot of words from the staff ensuring that their customers are important for articulate. But fact is nothing happens. It was / is the same problem with svg images. Over years nothing happens. And til now using svg images is causing more trouble then benefit. All in all articulate is not possible to deal with formats that are common and up to date. It is erster to live in the past then support the own customers concerning valid complaints. Flashvideo as a solution to work with transparent video background in 2024 is really poor and disappointing. It seems to be more important to integrate AI support in Rise instead solving very old todos. Hey, articulate I hope your AI features are able to make the background of videos transparent. Kind regards