# Transparent gif

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/transparent-gif/33883>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [January 28, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/transparent-gif/33883 "2020-01-28T09:02:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![roi.holtzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@roi.holtzman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/roi.holtzman)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/transparent-gif/33883/1 "2020-01-28T09:02:17Z")

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Is there a way to prepare a gif with transparent background?  
When I am trying it now using `background_color=:transparent` I get that the gif does not reset the image between frames.

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/transparent-gif/33883/2 "2020-01-28T10:59:00Z")

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Just a stab at the dark, try using colors with a transparency channel: `RGBA(0, 0, 1, 0.5)`

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**Author:** ![roi.holtzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@roi.holtzman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/roi.holtzman)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/transparent-gif/33883/3 "2020-01-28T11:07:11Z")

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Thanks, but unfortunately it does not help…