Re: More Matte issues

Okay I learned two things. First of all to pull in a file to use as a matte key it just needs to be "high contrast". So I went back into AE, placed a plain white background as the bottom layer, exported without alpha, followed the manual and it worked fine.

Then by the suggestion by another user, I took one of my earlier AE exports (one with an alpha) set it on V2 over my intended background, stepped into the effect and replaced the graphic fill with my originally from the Effect editor into my bin and use it elsewhere in my timeline--which is even better.