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sTaTTicx
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March 15, 2022
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Premiere Pro 2020- need background to be black instead of transparent

  • March 15, 2022
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I've been noticing while editing one of my videos that the background has went from all black to transparent. I don't even know what happened and it's suddenly no longer black. Without a color matte, the background outside of the video is transparent. Any way that I can fix this?

Correct answer John V Knowles

Did you accidentally set the Program monitor to show transparent pixels/alpha channels? Check under the wrench tool.

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Ann Bens
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Ann BensCommunity Expert
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March 16, 2022

Background is always black, or rather it's a void and shows as black.

Might have checked the Transparancy Grid under the Wrench tool in the Program Monitor.

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    John V KnowlesCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    March 16, 2022

    Did you accidentally set the Program monitor to show transparent pixels/alpha channels? Check under the wrench tool.

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      RychWun
      RychWun
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      April 23, 2025

      2 Years later and you are the only person who actually answered my question, i mean once i added the color key idk how my transparancy grid activated but i thought i lost EVERYTHING black in every project Ive ever done so far. God bless !!! 2 years later ! Im so relieved right now

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