# Importing videos and having a transparent background

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-videos-and-having-a-transparent-background/303041>\
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**Created:** [January 12, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-videos-and-having-a-transparent-background/303041 "2010-01-12T21:19:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-videos-and-having-a-transparent-background/303041/1 "2010-01-12T21:19:02Z")

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Ive made a 3d object in 3d studio max and animated it as i want it.  
Now when it comes to bringing it into flash, is there a way for me to do so and making the backgroung transparent?

I was thinking it could be exported as some type of movie format where the black areas of the video were removed.

I tried doing this by making a movie clip of the video, and in this mc going through every frame and putting a mask on it so only the parts i want are visible… there are however weird effects from this where the mask gets sliced into pieces and draws weird lines.

Whats the best way to accomplish this?