Can't change background to white using Saber

Report · Mar 16, 2021

So I'm making a video using this template https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DYNwi4oVP8&t=7s&ab_channel=RKMFX which is basically a firey logo intro using Saber.

I want to make two versions, one black background and one white.

Because the default is black there's no problem making that one. But for the white one, when I change the background layer(BG) to white it covers the Saber effect. I couldn't figure out why (I'm completely new to Saber). (In the screenshot I hide the BG layer so you can see what it should look like)

I even tried making an empty white video and use it as background. It works in preview, but when I export the background is still black. Could someone help me? Thanks so much!

Here are the Saber settings. I only changed the color.

Report · Mar 17, 2021

Well, you've turned off layer visibility for your BG, so of course it won't show up. The rest is just AE doing its normal thing of using the comp background color/ default black fill when rendering. Similarly, your white fill effect applied to the text probably messes up the transparency of the layers and that's why you're not getting predictable results with your setup. You know, 3D, blending modes and all that can be pretty weird when interacting. I would suggest you at least read the online help on soem of the basics rather than hacking your way through trying to recreate soem tutorial. It seems to me you need to work on your understanding on soem basics first.

Mylenium

Report · Jul 11, 2023

In the effect control panel of your saber plugin, go to render settings, and composite settings, and set it to TRANSPARENT. Then add any solid in the background for desired colors/background.

This tutorial explains it well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY9RXRUp7vE&t=2s