# Transparent background in screen capture module

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/transparent-background-in-screen-capture-module/44013>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 7, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/transparent-background-in-screen-capture-module/44013 "2025-08-07T20:54:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JaredAmudeo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jaredamudeo/32/77474_2.png) [@JaredAmudeo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/JaredAmudeo)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/transparent-background-in-screen-capture-module/44013/1 "2025-08-07T20:54:29Z")

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Hi! Could someone help me? I’m trying to make a simple rotation video in 3D view, but no matter what background color or video format I choose, the video appears with a background, not the transparent background as marked. I have orthographic view enabled.

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/transparent-background-in-screen-capture-module/44013/2 "2025-08-07T21:23:56Z")

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perhaphs the codec you chose to output (H.264) doesn’t support transparency?

A google search suggests that might be the case.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/b/8/b8cca6b15695559c8cdfbc610532c3131fae4efb.png)

Instead export them as individual images and check whether the background is indeed transparent in the individual files.

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**Author:** ![JaredAmudeo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jaredamudeo/32/77474_2.png) [@JaredAmudeo](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/JaredAmudeo)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/transparent-background-in-screen-capture-module/44013/3 "2025-08-09T09:08:05Z")

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Using black background and checking transparent background using GIF work!. thanks