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Adobe After Effects 5+ SETUP
4 In the Effect Controls window, set the Clean Plate pull-down menu to the corresponding layer in the
Timeline which is the clean plate. Set the Holdout Matte pull-down menu to the corresponding layer in
the Timeline which is the holdout matte.
5 Use the BG Preview pull-down to select the background layer from the Timeline if you want to see
the background within the AdvantEdge interface. If you do not select BG preview before entering
the AdvantEdge interface, you will be able to select a solid color or transparency from within the
AdvantEdge interface for previewing only. (This will not be output).
• Since After Effects has a hierarchy to which we do not have access, you must pre-render
or pre-compose compositions if you apply any transformations, masks, or filters to either
your foreground or background layers and you want to see the entire effect when you
are in the AdvantEdge interface. (If you do not follow this process, your final After Effects
render will be unchanged. However, you will not be able to see the effects of other filters or
transformations in the AdvantEdge interface which may be critical in helping you to make
decisions about control parameters).
• If the "background" consists of multiple layers in your After Effects Timeline window, pre-
render or use pre-comps to see the entire background in the AdvantEdge interface.