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Is there a way for the gradient overlay to be transparent?

Community Beginner ,
Mar 20, 2021 Mar 20, 2021

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Here is my problem. I want for my gradient in After Effects to look something like this 

mrv904_0-1616269964726.png

 

But when i use gradient overlay, which is the only way to get angle gradient, when i change the opacity instead of it being actualy transparent, it shows the background it has to be on. But i can't make the background transparent, because then the whole thing becomes transparent.

https://streamable.com/wvlgao

Is there a way to make it actually transparent? Or maybe there is another way of getting the angle gradient

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People's Champ , Mar 20, 2021 Mar 20, 2021

OK so the issue was being caused by the "Align To Layer" option.  Turn that off on both layers and then when you animate them together it works

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People's Champ ,
Mar 20, 2021 Mar 20, 2021

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Duplicated the gradient layer so you have two exact layers on top of each other.  change the top gradient layer to black and white then set the lower layer to TrkMat to alpha or alpha inverted.  AE will use the black and white values of the top layer to calculate transparency on the layer beneath it.

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I don't know if i did it right but it's still not working

https://streamable.com/e4l617

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My mistake...You want to set the TrkMat to Luma, not alpha.  For some reason when I tried it though it created an offset of 50 so I had to set the bottom layer to a -50 offset in X.  Its actually still giving me strange results when I animate the angle.  They're not lining up and I'm not sure why.  

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OK so the issue was being caused by the "Align To Layer" option.  Turn that off on both layers and then when you animate them together it works

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Mar 21, 2021 Mar 21, 2021

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Ok, it is working now! Thank you very much!

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awesome!

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