@DiegoDimanche I know the render window has changed in VP23, so you'll have to work it out.

In VP22 ProRes XQ/ProRes 444 have an alpha channel that will give you a transparent background.

Start Here: link: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/i-can-t-import-some-mov-videos-on-vegas-23--150569/#ca947491

Hi, thanks for the answer! It turns out I figured out how to render videos with transparent background, using ProRes 444 HQ, but the thing is, once rendered the colors are off, it's darker and greyer... Would you happen to know how to fix this color issue?

@DiegoDimanche I know the render window has changed in VO23, so you'll have to work it out.

In VP22 ProRes XQ/ProRes 444 have an alpha channel that will give you a transparent background.

Hi, thanks for the answer! Yeah I ended up figuring out that ProRes 444 (HQ) was what I was looking for in order ro render with transparent background. But the thing is, once rendered the colors are off, it's darker and greyer... Would you happen to know how to fix this color issue?

@DiegoDimanche could you show us a screenshot of the timeline you want to render to ProRes with alpha channel?

@DiegoDimanche could you show us a screenshot of the timeline you want to render to ProRes with alpha channel?

Here's two screenshots, the first one is the video with the original colors, and the second one is how the colors look once it's rendered.

@DiegoDimanche I know the render window has changed in VP23, so you'll have to work it out.

In VP22 ProRes XQ/ProRes 444 have an alpha channel that will give you a transparent background.

Thanks. I've encountered an issue though, I managed to render the video with transparent background but the colors are off. Here's two screenshots, the first one there's the original colors and in the second one, how it looks after rendering the video (the colors are way darker).

I've never encountered this issue with Vegas Pro 22 or prior... ><

@DiegoDimanche I don't follow this issue Link: VEGAS Pro 23 build 302 General Discussion closely, but you may have to stay on Vegas Pro 22-250 until the next 23 update if you do this kind of work.

@DiegoDimanche I don't follow this issue Link: VEGAS Pro 23 build 302 General Discussion closely, but you may have to stay on Vegas Pro 22-250 until the next 23 update if you do this kind of work.

Oh well at least it's comforting that it's a known issue that everyone has and not just me. ^^

I guess I should go back to Vegas Pro 22 but I already have work in progress with Vegas Pro 23 so I won't be able to switch these in 22... I guess we'll see.

I always can work like this and change the colors afterwards but it'll be quite annoying to do so every single time... ><

@DiegoDimanche I don't follow this issue Link: VEGAS Pro 23 build 302 General Discussion closely, but you may have to stay on Vegas Pro 22-250 until the next 23 update if you do this kind of work.

Btw can I use both Vegas Pro 22 and 23 at the same time without paying two subscriptions? Because I always can work on masks with transparent background on 22 and the rest on 23 bit not if I have to pay twice... ><

Video with a transparent alpha channel can also be rendered in Vegas Pro by customising a Video for Windows preset render template. This is one I created a couple of years ago:

First, select one of the Video for Windows preset templates and click the 'Customize...' button to define the wanted custom frame size (if custom sizing is needed). Then select 'Uncompressed' in the Video Format field, check tghe 'Render alpha channel' checkbox and then name the template and click 'OK' to save.

Like ProRes, the .avi file created via the alpha channel render process is huge.

As I haven't used this template in VP23, I don't know if there'll be a color problem as you've experienced with ProRes.

@DiegoDimanche I don't see the advantage to render, an existing file with transparency, with Vegas to a ProRes file with transparency, to use that rendered ProRes file again in a Vegas timeline.

@DiegoDimanche I don't see the advantage to render, an existing file with transparency, with Vegas to a ProRes file with transparency, to use that rendered ProRes file again in a Vegas timeline.

My goal isn't to render this particular file that already have a transparent background... I was using this file as a test to learn how to render properly a video with a transparent background AND good colors in Vegas Pro 23... Surely you understand that I don't wanna spend days working on a new file only to figure out I can't render it properly.

@DiegoDimanche Instead of rendering a Vegas timeline to a file with transparency to use that file in another Vegas project, it is also possible to use that timeline with transparency as a nested project in another Vegas project, so no need to render at all.

@DiegoDimanche Instead of rendering a Vegas timeline to a file with transparency to use that file in another Vegas project, it is also possible to use that timeline with transparency as a nested project in another Vegas project, so no need to render at all.

To work during several days on a single mask is for having the possibility to use that said mask in several projects. Plus, I know QuickTime 7 files are huge and take place but so does keeping an unrendered file like this. In order to have it with transparent background I have to render it first.

I can't just let it in the project without redenring due to the space it's taking. All my transparent masks are afterwards put in my Google Drive to be safe.

My question was to know if there was a way to render a video with a transparent background and the colors right, otherwise I would've return to Vegas Pro 22 because I can't not be able to do this.

@DiegoDimanche that's why I asked the first time a screenshot of the timeline that you want to render with transparency. I render only with transparency when I want to use that file in another NLE, like Davinci or Powerdirector. For re-use in Vegas I use nesting instead of rendering.

@DiegoDimanche ... Have you tried the .AVI method I outlined earlier? If not, why not give it a try?

@DiegoDimanche ... Have you tried the .AVI method I outlined earlier? If not, why not give it a try?

I totally will I just had stuff to do before getting back on my computer, but yeah I will definitely give it a try. ^^

@DiegoDimanche ... Have you tried the .AVI method I outlined earlier? If not, why not give it a try?

I totally will I just had stuff to do before getting back on my computer, but yeah I will definitely give it a try. ^^

To me, that's wasting time and hard disk space...but give it a try and judge yourself.

@DiegoDimanche ... Have you tried the .AVI method I outlined earlier? If not, why not give it a try?

So, I just tried and IT WORKS! Thank you very much! ^^

Now I won't have to give up on Vegas Pro 23 and go back to 22. Thank you very much, I never would've figured out that one by myself. ^^

@DiegoDimanche ... Have you tried the .AVI method I outlined earlier? If not, why not give it a try?

I totally will I just had stuff to do before getting back on my computer, but yeah I will definitely give it a try. ^^

To me, that's wasting time and hard disk space...but give it a try and judge yourself.

@DiegoDimanche ... Have you tried the .AVI method I outlined earlier? If not, why not give it a try?

I totally will I just had stuff to do before getting back on my computer, but yeah I will definitely give it a try. ^^

To me, that's wasting time and hard disk space...but give it a try and judge yourself.

How is it wasting time and space? The masks I do are already taking days to create, so I hardly can see how it's a waste of time to export it. And sure, it's taking space but usually I use my masks for more that just one project... I've always worked like this for years and hardly can see how I could work otherwise. Though I must say idk what nesting is but my main goal is to make sure my work doesn't get erased by mistake or such, so it's always best to have a safegard on my Google Drive

@DiegoDimanche Do you actual know what "nesting" is?

That's excellent news ✔️.

The .AVI process was the only way of doing video alpha channel in Vegas Pro prior to VP19 build 550 (the last build of 19) when ProRes was introduced. I believe that it can also be done with a .png image sequence - though I've never used the .png render approach myself.