How do I remove the background of a PNG file?

[ryanl73228206]

Yo, I'm trying to add an image into a video but remove the checkered background. Is there an easy way I can do this in premiere?

I'll attatch the image as well.

[Joëlle Bh]

Hello ryanl73228206,

Actually adobe photoshop is more relevant in your case but if you want to do it in premiere you should use 'crop'effect and use the pen tool to mask this item and crop 100% outside this item

[ryanl73228206]

Word,

I don't have photoshop which is why I wanted to do it in premiere, and I was hoping to avoid manually cropping it. But you gotta do what you gotta do I guess. 

Thanks for the tip

[Joëlle Bh]

  

[Ann Bens]

Dont use the mask feature from the Crop effect. They dont go well together.

Use a mask from Opacity.

[Michael Grenadier]

usually, the checkered background indicates that the source files has transparency and dropping the clip on the timeline above another video track will superimpose it...  where did you get the file?  

[Ann Bens]

Dont think its a png but rather a jpeg, background is baked in.

(profided the OP posted the original image)

[Michael Grenadier]

But a png if its available probably has transparency

[Meg The Dog]

Out of curiosity, managed to find the image via Google Image Search.

It is indeed a downloadable PNG with transparency:

Wonder if the OP is trying to use the web image versus downloading the PNG file.

MtD