Trying to get solid green backdrop

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2de_man
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Trying to get solid green backdrop

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Hi, I am using animations I create in Moho as part of a larger multi-media project that I'm assembling in a video editor. I want the animations on a green backdrop so I can mask the green out later. I make my 'talking head' animation out of several PNG files, put them in a 'switch' layer and sync it to the wavefile, everything's great. THEN I add a vector layer with a green fill and position it so the animation files have a green backdrop but when I render it off as an MP4 the backdrop is pale blue, which is not ideal. What am I doing wrong?
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Re: Trying to get solid green backdrop

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You're using MP4, that's wrong.

Since Moho supports Alpha (transparency), you don't use any backdrop at all. Render with some Codec which supports Alpha channel, like PNG with Millions+ Colours, or Apple ProRes 4444.
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