thanks for that, i have 4 options in render over settings...

black

background colour

background shader

background picture.............

the only reason i want to try and do it this way rather than using an avi mat on the background, is that i thought just the figure would render faster than the 500 frame animation....Ive seen lots of posts about exporting to photoshop but thats a luxury i havent yet been able to afford......

I have successfully exported an image than in paint shop pro shows up with a transparent bg, but the moment i try to import it into any video editing proggy, it reverts to a grey bg........... hmmmmmmmmm

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