Possibility to export with transparent background

[RafaMartorell]

If Animation Maker could work and export with a transparent background it would be perfect to use as a complement in a video editor.

[Artanidos]

Found something...
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/644684/turn-image-sequence-into-video-with-transparency

It might be possible but I am on a road trip atm and don't have time and space right now. But it's open source. So one nay fork the project and can implement this fearure.

[RafaMartorell]

I am an audiovisual technician. I know very little about programming. I really liked the concept of Animation Maker because of its simplicity and efficiency.

I don't think it's very difficult to add an RGBA workspace as a background, where one can choose a solid or transparent color.
To export with alpha there are many options. It can be from a sequence of images in .png and then inserted into a video editor, or a .mkv container or a .mov

I attached some lines that are the ones I use in kdenlive to export videos with a transparent background, kdenlive works with mlt.

For a .mov use this line:

vcodec=qtrle pix_fmt=argb

If I create an export script .mlt this line comes out

pix_fmt="argb" target="/home/rafa/Desktop/Alpha.mov" threads="1" real_time="-8" mlt_service="avformat" vcodec="qtrle" in="0" out="124"

Another line that I use for transparent funds in kdenlive is the following:

f=matroska pix_fmt=bgra acodec=aac vcodec=ffv1 qscale=%quality ab=%audiobitrate+'k

Olive Video Editor uses QuickTime Animation (RLE) video with an argb pixel format

I don't know if all this I am writing to you can help you, I don't know about programming.

I am recommending your application and writing some tutorials about it in Spanish to share on youtube and in a blog with good dissemination.

I collaborate with some applications, testing, reporting errors and with the Spanish translations, such as Olive Video Editor, Natron and something with kdenlive. There are programmers who are very nice people, I will tell you about your application in case someone can help you with code.

I anticipate that if you want your application to be in other languages ​​I can make the file for Spanish.

You now enjoy the trip, you have already done a very good job to date. Thank you.

[lavigne958]

Hi @RafaMartorell

am an audiovisual technician. I know very little about programming. I really liked the concept of Animation Maker because of its simplicity and efficiency.

I agree with you it is, let's keep it simple and efficient 😉

I don't know if all this I am writing to you can help you, I don't know about programming.

It does, it provides some codesc and format and parameters that could be useful.
So far AnimationMake uses ffmpeg to generate the video, I need to have a look at the options provided by ffmpeg to see if the transparent background could work.

I am recommending your application and writing some tutorials about it in Spanish to share on youtube and in a blog with good dissemination.

Coooool ! thank you for your help.

I collaborate with some applications, testing, reporting errors and with the Spanish translations, such as Olive Video Editor, Natron and something with kdenlive. There are programmers who are very nice people, I will tell you about your application in case someone can help you with code.

Thanks again, your post is getting old so I don't expect it to work, anyway I am a software developer and just got granted the new title of maintainer of this project so I can provide the coding part.

To be honest with you though, the project needs a lot of cleaning first, I do keep your issue open and in mind, but I will first try to clean the repository and make it a litle bit more 'user friendly' and easier to build for other developers, download and run for all users and then you might be the next feature that would come in :-D

I anticipate that if you want your application to be in other languages ​​I can make the file for Spanish.

That will be another feature too, the system used to build the application handles translation so once it is setup I can try to contact you to add spanish translation if you're ok with that ?

[RafaMartorell]

Hello @lavigne958. You can count on me for what you need, as long as it is in my hands. I can try to look for errors and of course translate the application into Spanish.
Thanks for your answer.