Can I make an animation with transparent background?

I am really new to this...
Can I create an animation where it is transparent on anything I put it on?
This of a spining coin...when I add the FLV or whatever file to a page via Dreamweaver...can I only see the spinning coin and the Dreamweaver background image?
--thanks

Yes.
You just need to render and export your FLV file with an alpha channel.
You can read up on
alpha channels and transparency and
rendering and exporting to FLV format in After Effects CS4 Help on the Web.
Here's a
Community Help search for 'FLV transparent'.

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