Can't get a transparent background on animation.

Hi aftereffects11,

Did the suggestions mentioned above help?

Let us know, we're here to help.

Thanks,

Rameez

Toggle on the little checker icon and if you see black instead of the checkers then you have an effect that is killing your transparency. You can also toggle to the Alpha view if you click the three circle RGB icon under the view and click Alpha.

If you don't see any black if the alpha view then you don't have a proper alpha in the project. Solo out the layers and then when you find the bad layer use an Unmult effect. You can get xUnmult which is free and should do the trick. If you have Red Giant Universe I recommend their Unmult. Envato templates may not be built with the most streamlined workflows.

Well the first question is obviously does your composition have transparency?  Applying blended solid layers with lens flares or similar can often kill alpha channels.  When you turn on Transparency Grid view can you see the grid?

For example, here's a screen grab that has true transparency, as seen by the underlying grid:

And here's the same frame with a lens flare applied on a black solid layer, set to Screen mode:

The solid has killed the alpha channel completely.

Once you've determined that you truly have transparent sections in your comp, render it using the Lossless With Alpha template that comes standard in the AE Render Queue, without changing any settings.