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How to make webm animated files with transparent background

Im so so lost and can't seem to figure out how to do this. Ive tried using Divinci Resolve and shutter encoder but cant seem to get it to work.
1750780399
Gold
Forum Champion
I think it's a good question, I'm interested, but I haven't learned how to do it myself yet.  I believe that Roll20 transcodes all uploaded animations into Webm, meaning that the animations in your game & the animations in the Marketplace are effectively webm's. They certainly contain transparency. I am not 100% sure if they were "only" created as transparent GIF and then transcoded into webm , or if they could be created as webm in the first place with appropriate software.  Hopefully a marketplace creator or Roll20 team will come along with a real answer for this. Maybe ask that on some Davinci Resolve forums also
I really hope someone will! I've been asking in forums and discord channels all over and not a soul has been able to help me out yet. My biggest issue is that I cant use a GIF file as the animation is 3 minutes long.
1750786384
Gold
Forum Champion
Read this page, see if it has any info that helps.... It does talk about Webm and transparency a bit... Most-current info on the Help Center, <a href="https://help.roll20.net/hc/en-us/articles/360037256634-Best-Practices-for-Files-on-Roll20" rel="nofollow">https://help.roll20.net/hc/en-us/articles/360037256634-Best-Practices-for-Files-on-Roll20</a> Outdated version on the Wiki,&nbsp; <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/Image_Best_Practices_for_Roll20" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/Image_Best_Practices_for_Roll20</a> Ultimately if the answer is not there, it probably should be, so if you find out... let's try to get it added to Help Center. Webm itself is a relatively newer format that has recently been gaining traction, which is maybe a reason information is sparse.&nbsp; Webm is a format invented by Google, so IDK if any Google apps exist for animations editing
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Lorien Wright
Pro
Marketplace Creator
Are you still having difficulty with this? When I've exported tokens with transparent backgrounds in the past, I've used Adobe Premier; but Premiere can't natively export WebM with transparency. It requires the WebM plugin from the Fnord software site (free). And when exporting the webm file, I have to verify that the "Include Alpha Channel" checkbox is checked. I just did a test, to verify that things haven't changed since I last did this, and it's working with the latest version of Premier. If you could provide more info, I can attempt to help troubleshoot.
Lorien Wright said: Are you still having difficulty with this? When I've exported tokens with transparent backgrounds in the past, I've used Adobe Premier; but Premiere can't natively export WebM with transparency. It requires the WebM plugin from the Fnord software site (free). And when exporting the webm file, I have to verify that the "Include Alpha Channel" checkbox is checked. I just did a test, to verify that things haven't changed since I last did this, and it's working with the latest version of Premier. If you could provide more info, I can attempt to help troubleshoot. I am, yes, but it isn't tokens I am having an issue with. I can upload tokens with transparency to my hearts desire. Its the act of alphaing out the background of a video then bringing it onto Roll20. THere seems to be very limited information on this but its clearly possible as I have multiple marketplace assets such as animated spell effects that all have transparency.