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Sorry if this is a repeat. I've had a lot of trouble explaining or putting this into words. Basically, I want to make an animation with a transparent background, but I want it to render with the appearance of the Material Viewport. I've been told that OpenGL is the best way to go about this, but I can't find any options for transparency in cycles for OpenGL.

I was able to create a transparent background in the typical Rendered view, but not in OpenGL. If there's a way I can replicate the "Material" appearance in the default rendered view, that also works!

Thank you so so so much in advance, this has had me puzzled!

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  • $\begingroup$ try setting "transparent" in the top-bar "render > opengl render options > alpha mode", you should get what you want... (default is "sky") $\endgroup$
    – m.ardito
    Nov 6, 2017 at 22:06
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    $\begingroup$ nice :) btw if you use viewport rendering, it is not cycles, nor blender render. just pure opengl, whatever shading the viewport has. $\endgroup$
    – m.ardito
    Nov 6, 2017 at 22:51

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There are three ways to render images or animations with a transparent background.

Using OpenGL render :

Make sure that you set the Alpha mode to Transparent in the Render > OpenGL Render Options > Alpha Mode which is located in the info header.

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Using Blender Render :

Make sure that you have set the Alpha to Transparent in the Shading option under the Render tab in the Properties panel.

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Using Cycles render :

Make sure that you the Transparency ticked on in the Film option under the Render tab.

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