Image with transparent background into video

[LeconDC]

Hi guys, I couldn't find my problem anywhere on google, first time that ever occured.

I recently (few hours ago lol) started video editing for my beginning youtube channel.
However, I can't seem to insert a png file without a background (transparent) into my video.

This is what happens in the video editor when I import the png image (Pinnacle Studio Ultimate btw):



This is how I want it to be (I made this with photoshop, not the video editor ofc, to show you what I mean):



Do video editors not support this? Is there another way around? Is it just Pinnacle Studio Ultimate not supporting this?
Help me please! I'm pretty sure it's something simple lmao

[aedipuss]

looks like your gif doesn't have a transparent background.

[poisondeathray]

Practically all video editors support png with alpha channel

The alpha channel might have to be "interpreted" or enabled in your editor. I don't use Pinnacle, but check to see if there are other options in the settings; maybe try right clicking the png in the clip bin for other options, or on the track

[aedipuss]

upload the png here and we'll see if it has a clear background.

[Cornucopia]

Something like this might work...


Scott

(sorry if it's a little rough around the edges - was a quick & dirty job)

[LeconDC]

Something like this might work...

[Attachment 28529 - Click to enlarge]

Scott

(sorry if it's a little rough around the edges - was a quick & dirty job)

That does work indeed
How did u remove the background? I made it transparent with an online image editor, maybe that's where it goes wrong for me.

[LeconDC]

Here is my png file i tried to use myself

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=148p5s2&s=8#.VGZvJPnF-yU

[poisondeathray]

That seems to be a jpg on tinypic (no alpha). You can try uploading it directly to this site, maybe tinypic is doing a conversion

When you used that "online image editor" before , you would have to make sure to save it out as png with alpha channel (RGB+A), not just a "regular" PNG (RGB)

There are free image editors you can use too like GIMP





Here is a cleaned up version, I'm assuming you wanted Black text

[racer-x]

Just so you know, Gimp and Paint.NET are two very good free image editors that can do this very easily.

[LeconDC]

Okay then, looks like I did skip some important steps after all.

im gonna try Gimp to make it then haha
Thanks a lot guys!