Return-Path: Received: from nk11p03mm-asmtp008.mac.com ([17.158.232.43] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4846198 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:39:16 +0200 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from [192.168.1.68] ([99.152.153.100]) by nk11p03mm-asmtp008.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-24.01(7.0.4.24.0) 64bit (built Jan 3 2012)) with ESMTPSA id <0MAC0071RJJLAH90@nk11p03mm-asmtp008.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:40:34 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.7.7855,1.0.431,0.0.0000 definitions=2012-09-14_07:2012-09-14,2012-09-14,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=6.0.2-1203120001 definitions=main-1209140164 Subject: alternative to track matte From: Jim Curtis In-reply-to: Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:40:33 -0500 Message-id: <6BCA2A95-AE11-4890-8C2D-990EE3E62CB1@me.com> References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) Is there a way to reference a layer that's not above the layer to be track-matted? Set Matte doesn't work for this unless the layer to be matted is not scaled up. A third-party plug-in, perhaps? A layer with Stencil/Silhouette Alpha/Luma does the trick, and mattes everything below it. BUT, I'd like to exclude some layers below from being affected without Precomposing. Possible?