Have you seen Test Gear by Synthetic Aperture? Really great addition to AE. It has all kinds of stuff swatches, Gamut Display,etc – even has the slice tool (if you have read Steve Wrights book on compositing).
Thanks for your reply. Just to clarify, I always use the Render Que and i never do File > Export. I’m not a total noob 🙂
I somehow missed the “ALPHA” setting inbetween RGB and RGB + ALPHA under the channels selection, but I have now found it thanks to your help and a few more cups of coffee.
Most of my stuff ends up going through AE as well. I also work with a 3D guy and he gets grouchy when things get complicated so I have been going with Square Pixels from the beginning of the editing process. Thanks again for your insight into this.