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Edward_Roumoulian
June 21, 2023

Prototyping with transparent videos

  • June 21, 2023
  • 62 replies
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Whatever I try, I can’t seem to work with .mov or .webm videos with transparent background on Figma. Whenever I upload them, I get a black background. Am I doing something wrong? Or is there a workaround for this?

62 replies

Gabija
July 24, 2024

Hi, facing the same issue, can’t preview transparent videos in prototypes…

Filip_Jadczak1
July 30, 2024

I’ve just encountered the same issue. I wanted to use an animated SVG in my design, but Figma doesn’t support them. So, I tried using an exported version of the animation as a WebM with a transparent background, but Figma doesn’t support that either! I will have to use a solid background for now, but this is a big pain because I would need a manual export of the animation for every potential colour variation.

The_head
August 1, 2024

Figma developers should worry about this at the first place, but not the stupid updates that make the UX worse

HELLO FIGMA??? 🫤 🫤 🫤

Dave34
September 24, 2024

Came here to pile on… Please, for the love of Dodd, give us seamless transparent .webm videos.

jeffrey
September 24, 2024

Add me to the list. Doing a prototype with Web and pulling my hair 😃

WilsonSemilio
September 26, 2024

Having the same issue here. And using the same BG color in the animation as in the Figma file is not a viable option since in some cases you want to display the animation on a gradient background in Figma or on top of a photo etc.

I really hope there will be a fix to this issue soon! We need it badly. We even just shelled out 300 usd for LottieFiles thinking we would easily be able to embed them into Figma without any issues…

HSam
October 3, 2024

I have the same issue. This unexpected behavior is so frustrating, especially when preparing for a feature demo with a broken video.
Please fix ❤️

Brice_Douglas
October 8, 2024

Still the case and VERY frustrating.

Antti
October 10, 2024

Also having the same issue, would love if Figma would preserve the webm-transparency. It seems to work initially but then breaks.

Dennis_Kraus
October 21, 2024

pleaseeee, fix this Figma!!! This is my only reason I change from xd to Figma! It works for 1 second, and than I get a black background. pleaseee 😦