==OBSOLETE== Shotcut Tutorial: Export videos with transparency

THIS TUTORIAL IS OBSOLETE if you use a recent versions of Shotcut. The "Copy timeline to source" tool used in this method was removed from Shotcut after they added the Markers feature.

0:00 Intro
0:33 Shotcut setup
1:23 Removing the background
2:39 Export settings
3:33 Additional info about the exported video
4:33 Test the exported video in a project
6:00 Improve green background removal
6:50 Test improvement
7:13 Watch the result on full screen
7:39 Use the method on videos that already have a green background

#shotcut #export #transparent #video #background #tutorial

[coffeelover]

hello my friend, passing quickly here to praise this tutorial. I don't know about you, but I always found few tutorials teaching how to do this, and in my humble opinion, everyone failed because they didn't explain the reason for doing this and that to achieve the goal.
You gave more than the recipe for cake, congratulations !!!
It was a pleasure to watch this tutorial in addition to the pleasure of learning, it is as I always say, to teach something, first you have to want the other person to really learn. And you demonstrate this in your work, so thank you
Please, sorry for my English, it is not the best.
A big hug, thanks again and please don't give up to make a difference. Either way, it doesn't matter, the world needs it

[Sb]

This is going to be a big help for someone just learning about video editing :)

[viktoralgotsson]

This is EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you so much for doing everything exactly the way you did in this video!

[SMASHBEEF]

Great video. Solved my issue after hrs of pulling out my hair!

[BenEspanto]

I would use this tip on every single video!

[michaelalando]

Super fab tutorial. Thanks. That insistent background had me tied down for a while.

[hixidom]

Shotcut is free. I just keep telling myself that as I learn these crazy hacks

[Zotaphhhhh]

thank you so much i finally managed to sort my stream transition its taken me hours your a life saver!

[jahresesnyman]

can not thank you enough thank you thank you thank you thank you

[joe_cullen]

Fantastic 👏 very clear and accurate tutorial. Nice job!

[tomguder]

c'est ce que je cherche - merci pour ces vidéos éducatives et divertissantes.

[totallyrandomtalk]

Video I shot on green screen add a green screen image and run through settings in this video will make it transparent background for other programs?

[theMadSpektre]

Interesting workaround for Shotcut not being able to natively export videos with transparency.

When I was making my (moderately complex) gaming overlay I first constructed it in Shotcut - then found out about the limitation. D'oh! My solution at the time was to teach myself Kdenlive and then recreate the project in that software but if I had known about this method I may have been able to make it work in Shotcut in the end...

Thanks for sharing!

[TM-pxkb]

Thank you for the tutorial! Unfortunately "copy timeline to source" has been removed in newer versions of shotcut. Do you have any suggestion how to do it without this step? 😵‍💫

[rideyourbike]

Hi. How do you create the green track or the green clip (eg V1)?
Thanks.

[vidarhys]

Using Shotcut version 22.03.30, there are no options to copy timeline to source as instructed in the video. What now?

Update: Found in discussion that none of this is needed anymore. Just export as .mov Glad someone pointed this out, thanks.

[sewingmachinesindetail]

Thank you for this tutorial :). I got the 20.04.12 version, and it do also have the "pix_fmt=argb" in "alpha Quicktime Animation" preset. I however tried to use the H.264 baseline Preset, and it seems also to work. But yes, you may have to work with the filters to make the edges best - it is not that easy with smaller text on top of something. Have you got a reason to select the "alpha Quicktime Animation" preset?

[Wonders_of_Reality]

I have a question. Is it possible to export a PNG sequence with an alpha channel?

[jaysanXD]

The function to copy to source doesn't seem to exist anymore. What now?

[TimLauridsen]

In the current shotcut (21.12.24), you just need to export to a .mov file, to keep the transparency, no need to use a green track and chroma key filters. So if the .png in V2 & V2 has a transparent background, you don't need V1