After Effects Quick Tip: Change background clolor

by Dan at 3:59 pm

If you want to change your default black background color, a common way is to make a solid layer with preferred color then move it to the back.

Another, less common, way of doing this is to just change the background color. Hit Ctrl+Shift+B and you will get this window:

Change to the desired color. Keep in mind, if you are exporting this movie with an alpha channel your chosen color will show up as transparent.