How To Render A Video With A Transparent Background in VEGAS Pro 17 👨‍🏫 VEGAS Tutorial #78

[@MindaRyn]

THANKYOU SO MUCH!! YOU SAVE MY LIFE!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

No problem at all! I'd appreciate a shout out if you would be so kind :D

[@gwensenpaii]

im using vegas16 problem is, there's no "deprecated features" tab on preferences Can yah help me about that?

[@PraiseTracks]

Josh, thanks for this. I am on Vegas Pro 20, and the only Apple options are ProRes BUT I was able to get a simple lower thirds to render and then used Shutter Encoder to create a VP9 WEBM file for OBS and it worked, transparency and all.

[@NicoGamer14]

I recently installed Vegas 17 and could not find the Quick Time rendering setup. So thank you for explaining how to enable it.

[@StuartisUnoriginal]

None of the other tutorials actually showed that you had to enable the quicktime plugin. Taking it step by step really helps out, thank you man!

[@hiimdaft8886]

Thanks so much for this, great video man! Glad someone is acknowledging how outdated QuickTime is, all the posts I could find on Google (and some other recent videos) only talked about that and not any alternatives.

[@Chuckyguy]

That is Perfect, it even works as an transition in OBS.

[@DynsonMarbleRace]

I don't have Depreciated Feautres because I can't find them. i use sony vegas pro 15

[@maomi3672]

2:19 Render with Quicktime 7 (.MOV file) Most common but outdated way of rendering a transparent video 5:34 Render with an alpha channel (.AVI file) Updated version of rendering, but HUGE file. I am using the AVI file version as it works in adobe premiere pro if anyone is wondering! The MOV version doesn''t work for me.

[@DEMIURGORetroFilosofo]

Thanks, YOU ARE GOD!

[@drzeppers6548]

Great instructional video! One more creator hurdle cleared. Thank you!

[@DaveAMcLaughlin]

Thanks, Josh! You are a genius! 👍

[@VegShortz]

Awesome video! Still relevant today!

[@anti-sal3am698]

That's what i call a professional video. Tnx man!

[@KeithAndersch]

I'm still using Vegas pro 17. I appreciate that you did the leg work 3 years ago!

[@JetztTesteIch]

Nice, thanks for this good structured video 💪

[@Mayonetic]

ok, but how do you export it as an alpha channel video, so like if I add a greenscreen, and i put it in say obs, for something like a stinger transition, i can see underneath it instead of it being black

[@nighteder6427]

Uhm... Josh, I don't think I'm doing anything wrong but I can't see Quick time 7 on rendering options, I downloaded it 7.7.9 version, enabled plugin on Vegas but nope can't see any quick time 7...

[@KillaCyst]

Thanks I was trying to do just a greenscreen for text etc. but chroma keying was messing up logos on my overlay video!

[@XFAiDERse]

HOLY SHIT BREAKTHROUGH JUST HAPPENED HERE, on the first try! Months of struggle, pain & research finally came to an end! Thank you so incredibly much for a very informative tutorial!!

[@XtianNinjaYT]

This was super duper helpful! Thank you!!!

[@ScrapyardFilms]

You're welcome!

[@CherkanRiuom]

Really really appreciate the information. Your video saved me a ton of time!

[@thogan]

How do you make a white background in a mov video file transparent? Is there a compositing mode that would make a white background transparent?

[@vxshade]

I downloaded quicktime and enabled it in preferences and it still doesnt come up... what am I missing?

[@Pins33ker]

Thank you. What if the video has green screen instead of black background instead ? would the process be different ?

[@ScrapyardFilms]

If it has a Green Screen then you'd want to key out the background first using the plugin Chroma Keyer

[@jlot8almahska]

I put 2 viseos in my time line,one i rendered as a quicktime transparent and the video on the bottom is regular video and it didnt work

[@thefireballdt]

yeah same did you figure out anything?

[@jlot8almahska]

@@thefireballdt i think to make transparent a regular video is to make a solid background and chroma keyer. I think regular video doesnt work that way. U have to have a green screen chroma keyer and overlay it. Just like movies the way they do it.

[@KenY2KenTV]

Great tutorial, thanks for the tips!

[@vykkerslaboratory8663]

Thank you for talking about downloading quick time. That was holding me up.

[@melanieRortiguera]

Hi I actually have enable the quicktime but still there are no option for quicktime on vegas 21 is there any option to export transparent bg ?

[@DominusBeats]

Nothing is working plelase help

Thank you! This was just what I needed!

[@ryzelz]

what if I have 1 video in one video track then I duplicated it, the duplicated track don't appear even though it's straight unmatted, what do I do?

[@jlot8almahska]

Same with me

[@ashskyqueen]

Thanks for this! Was getting a huge headache trying to figure this out from other tutorials who didn't mention the quicktime thing. Subbed :)

[@marikuromi]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! IT WORKED!

[@ItsAstroNebula]

My files keep rendering as "sfl" and I don't know how to fix this

[@CheetahKiwi]

Have you found a solution to this yet? I've been having the same problem for the past month

[@ItsAstroNebula]

@@CheetahKiwi I have not yet. I'm still stuck with the same problem.

[@MzCezer]

How to export if out of sony vegas so i can use it on other places and keep transparent back ground?

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Rendering is a way of exporting which would allow you to add your rendered video to any other NLE

[@RsShortVids]

Thanks man! I was looking for codecs and turns out i just had to apply the quick time manually :p

[@jondoepro8031]

Wow. You are amazing. Straight forward and easy to follow.

[@sleephubasmr6677]

I keep seeing the quicktime method on youtube but none of them work for me, the black background is still there

[@allynlopez2569]

I downloaded quicktime, but it wont show up in the rendering options, fix?

[@Zzecoraa]

IM- THE WAY YOU DO GODS WORK MAN 👄✋🏽✋🏽❤️💞❤️💞❤️

[@ENCOREProductions]

Awesome Video!!!

[@Darth.Zetarra]

You had me at your vegas tutorial collection. Thank you. Subbed.

[@aestheticpalmyboo5402]

TYSMMMM THIS HELPS A LOT!!! 💖

[@GamesRaider]

very helpful and easy explained tutorial video. Thank you :)

[@idealfather3547]

I followed all steps but quicktime is still not showing up as a render option. vegas pro 19.

[@jbennetttt]

Same...

[@ReanimationHero]

Thanks a lot, you're a lifesaver! I've been trying to figure this out without quicktimer for ages!

[@edwinzanpaku]

I flkin LOVE YOU MAN. gonna try this out after work!!!

[@Katawunga]

and how can i make a black background transparent?

[@queeniedelacruz6223]

after i render there's a .sfl in the file name. how can i fix this?

[@AbhishekVermaAVERMUSIC]

Amazing works fine thank you so much, keep it up ✌🏻🔥💪🏻🙌🏻

[@maximilianschmidt1082]

Hello, I have a question: Is it possible to render a video in Vegas so that you can use it as an alert on Twitch, for example? Because then I still have a black background in other programmes.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

That's a good question and I don't see why not. It all depends on how much you can customize the already programmed alert. If it allows you to swap the media, VEGAS should be able to render something to fit it's needs. Otherwise you'll have do do some programming inside OBS to make it work.

[@jlot8almahska]

I tried in video sir it doesnt work only text and pictures.

[@Jean_Baptiste]

there is that meme where someone could'nt understand a particular subject, and some random indian guy on youtube was like "come son, i'll teach you". today, you were that indian guy. thanks a lot!

[@PattyRose541]

Thank you so much for this. I tried this on Vegas 19 and it wont let you render a QuickTime MOV. Any workarounds?

[@micman1000]

Tried both versions on Vegas v 18.0 to the letter... and both fail.. the QT version render crashes about half way through .. just stalls and sits there at about half way no further progress .... and the .avi simply version does not work.... has anyone had the same problem and fixed it?

[@Pins33ker]

thanks for this video. On my video, the object seems to be translucent or has Opacity. Do you know why this is happening ?

[@brandocando7208]

Quick time 7 doesnt work for Windows and i cant see it in the render settings. Any Idea?

[@brandocando7208]

You need to allowed it in the Settings. Make a cross at Quick Time. That was my Prob.

[@Wabbit73]

@@brandocando7208 Hi I cant see quick time in vegas pro 17 either. Which settings do i need to go into the enable Vegas to see it? Can you help please?

[@brandocando7208]

@@Wabbit73 Options/Preferences/In the Tab in the Top, click old Version/Make a cross in Quick Time. Greez

[@Wabbit73]

@@brandocando7208 Great thanks ill check later! TY!

[@brandocando7208]

@@Wabbit73 Vegas

[@therightsphoenix1111]

I am having a serious issue... My Sony Vegas 17 or 14 (they used to) all of a sudden will not render clips that have greenscreen plug ins. I have never seen anything like this in my life. I have a main clip and I am putting in say (greensmoke) it won't render. It goes through the motions, you can see the time lapse moving, but no progression in the rendering bar. LOCKS at 0. This is driving nuts. Any help would be appreciated.

[@kamilaolborska7706]

Thank you!! I've been searching how to do this and only this video was able to solve my problem!

[@wideseen]

Works like a charm.

[@joannfernandogarciafajardo2622]

Yeahhh great video I almost didn't make it until I saw it you are the best!

[@2-minuteharmonica-newlicks955]

Thank you sir! The second method worked for me. Not the first, hmm.

[@YouGetBlocked]

Hello, I cant find the option to unlock Quicktime in settings. I have Sony vegas 17.

[@espiritualidadedesvendada]

FINALLY!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@pengu1n393]

After rendering using Quick Time 7, It renders nothing. Its just a .sfl file. How to fix this? :(

[@FaztimeFrederick]

You deserve more praise my dude and all the people like you. Without people like you social media would just be a soulless husk but more soulless as it already is

[@agungkacaribu]

Why don't you render the text with black backround instead?

[@sheru7793]

For some reason my transparent video is skipping frames, any idea why??

[@robdido]

tried on vegas 18 not working?

[@Zigfryed]

I have a major problem with this. On a 2 second clip, it gives me a 1GB video file... It's impossible to use :( Do you have any idea why? I can't seem to find a reason behind it.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Look in my recent videos about how to get a low file size with alpha channels. That is exactly what you're looking for.

[@tylercollins]

Thanks so much man! Great vid!

[@Yksin_music]

Naisu. The only video that tells me to select Deprecated Features. You're awesome

[@SonidoPericosDjTilo]

The mov option didn’t work for me at all. 💔 but the avi did. Luckily I’m just doing Super short vids

[@poyreviewsoffcl]

Thank you! I can now give up my green screen :)

[@JesterJack]

So I tried both methods and neither one when added to OBS, will allow me to have a transparent background. I can get it transparent in VEGAS with a background underneath but as a transparent background straight into another program, it doesn't recognize the alpha channel.

[@TriWaZe]

Same. I can do it no problem in After Effects but was hoping there was an easy way to do it in Vegas. You should be able to just choose the background color and make it a transparent grid. But nope. So even with the right settings it has a black background. This only works if you want to put a layer behind it inside Vegas.

[@MrVolpix97]

Thanks a lot man! U saved me about another problem i had about import a .mov file with transparency background but that was not visibile on Sony Vegas (I had black BG). And thanks to u i set it the Alpha channel on Straight (unmatted) and i did it! 👍👍😁 LIKE!

[@michaelthompson2761]

There is another way of doing it by rendering as an image sequence using png still files. I do this transferring from HitFilm to Vegas Pro, but equally, you can render an image sequence using VegasPro. 30 secs of UHD image sequence (25fps) uses about 300mb with png transparent images and is same quality as the original frames before rendering. This is easy to import into Vegas Pro through the import media facility.

[@rodeprod]

Thanks! I am just fucking render 1 minute video on max png files quality right to my desktop screen with a thousands of png pictures!!

[@JCLazaro]

best tutorial ever!

[@TomMKW]

this is EXACTLY what i've been looking for. Would've never figured this out myself.

[@hamm9571]

Thanks a lot. I searched for like an hour on the internet on why I couldn't render with Quicktime but it only showed other problems. Glad that I found your video and it's kind stupid on how sony vegas 17 needs you to enable it first.

[@kusinamoto2567]

it's not working. please help. the black bg is still showing, i've follow all your steps :(

[@ArrivedMusic]

Thank you so much for the help :)

[@Kaboom2711]

I have a problem where, when I do the render, it renders it with red stripes over the entire thing, and it doesn't go away when I change the alpha channel. Any idea on how to fix this?

[@rafidzdope5379]

Has any new build came for vegas pro 17??

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Not since the initial one a few weeks ago

[@We-All-Khmer]

Thanks su much dear for your useful video, Keep doing dear

[@Subseed]

I know you know A TON!! I have recently learned a bit in blender...you know how to make a transparent video in blender...QuickTime im guessing... into vegas pro to keep transparency..is this even possible?...also thank you so much youve helped me in many ways!! thank you!

[@DominusBeats]

The windows way just wont work for me, I have followed every single step can you PLEASE help???

[@kseniiakovalenko9470]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! YOU'RE A LIFESAVER!!!

[@Bladeclaw00100]

There is one other way to out put alpha channels. That is with using Image sequence - PNG. This will render out a series of still images which will have the alpha channel. Best to put these images into a folder. And then you can import then back whenever you want to use them again. The file size is about the same as the mov format.

[@pavondaniel]

That is really useful!!

[@phanhiep6184]

How can i get VEGAS EFFECTS?

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Currently you have to purchase VEGAS POST to get VEGAS Effects

[@Itsyourboydaddyk]

Mine shows a black screen background

[@MelsAnimatedDomain]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@BryanOnAPC]

I just wanted to say that i just tried the Quicktime way in Vegas Pro 15 (Too lazy to upgrade my Vegas365 to 17 (SMH)) and it worked (With graphics and a flash transition and not just text). But it's important to make sure your video properties is the same as your rendering settings. I thought I could skip that step and it was a mistake. | Thanks!

[@Cascoh_]

I've done both of these render settings with no luck.. when I drag my gameplay under my lower third my green screen doesent go away, any help?

[@pipefittermike636]

Hey Josh, another great video, alot of times i have found if i need a transparent backgroud on a particular clip i will go to properties then details and click the straight unmatted button and "bam" it works, of course sometimes it doesnt, and thats where some of these instructions will come in handy, thanks again Josh

[@waterworks15]

Hey, Scrapyard, are you having any trouble using Sapphire plugins or Twixtor with Vegas Pro 17? They work fine on 16 for me, but 17 has this weird glitch where Sapphire transitions/effects and Twixtor change the color of my video. It's really bad. Also, when I create .cubes and try to reload them, nothing happens. It's a little more than frustrating. Any insight would be much appreciated.

[@ScrapyardFilms]

Borris and other plugin creators are coming out with updates to their plugins to work with V17. I believe it's an anti-piracy thing. I haven't had any trouble loading custom LUTs so I'm not sure how to help on that one. I'm sorry

[@waterworks15]

Thank you.

[@jlot8almahska]

Does it work in vegas 17?

[@PaulHaywood]

Great stuff. That's this evening rendering off all my graphics and pop ups. Should make rendering a lot faster in future rather than lots of 4k nests being processed for the final render.

[@jiayouazhary]

Thank you so much, this helps a lottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!