thank you so much guys for all the input.
and sorry it took so long for me to reply. last deadline was a bit tight…
i gave all your suggestions a shot. to apply the luma matte, precompose it and use the simple joker/fill combo seems to do the trick the easiest for that particular example i think. thanx for the suggestion kevin. i’m still wondering why the simple joker works on that precomp at all…
ah – and by the way kevin – that matte experiment of ours remains a mystery too as the matte was EXACTLY the size of the comp and done as an uncompressed tiff.
anyways – thanx again guys. help much appreciated.
tanner
p.s.: any idea how it would be possible to transform that outline into a path? to have a spark/flare/or the like follow that outline for instance? just a thought…