Exporting With Transparency & Readability

[Avnior]

So, I trying to create some new art for my streaming channel and I have an idea that I would love to use. However, it involves using transparency. I've searched all over and found that certain file types allow transparency while others don't. I tried exporting to several of these file types and they all exported successfully. However, when I viewed them using OBS (streaming software) all of the videos were really slow and choppy. I researched some more and found a file type that was supposed to be able to be read quickly (.mxf). So I tried that file type out, it played back at the correct speed and without any choppiness. However, it doesn't support transparency.

So now we come to my question.
Is there a file type that supports transparency, and has a good readability so that I don't have the slow/choppy problem. Or is there some setting that I can change to help with the readability.

I'm still relatively new to most of this, so any help is appreciated.

File types that I have tried exporting to:

(Slow & Choppy)

.mov

.gif

.avi

(No Transparency)

.mxf

[Brandon Loshe · Accepted solution]

A PNG sequence and TIFF sequence also carry and alpha channel. I'm not sure if your software streaming software can use a series of images that way, though. My guess is that if you've had this issue with .mov, .gif, and .avi, then you're going to have the same problem with PNG and TIFF sequences, also. But it's worth a try first.

If that doesn't work, then maybe the resolution is just too much. Is it slow and choppy playing it back on your computer? Or is it only streaming to the web (internet connection) where it is causing the slow and choppiness? I know streaming to the web oftentimes involves sacrificing some quality in order for the video to play smoothly based on your connection.

I hate suggesting to sacrifice quality, but in your Render Queue, you can click "Best Settings." Under resolution, you can try bumping it down to "Half." Try this only if nothing else works.

[Avnior]

Hey, Thanks for the reply. That seemed to do the trick. Fortunately it doesn't look terrible even with half quality.

Just as a side note, it was slow and choppy just as playback on my computer. I never tested streaming it because of that.

[Brandon Loshe]

Glad to hear! Take care, and have a good one!