Transparency on a matte

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Hi,

I hope this is a stupid question that’s obvious to answer.

Does anyone know why a transparency is being introduced by a matte? It doesn’t show on OpenGL view, but shows up in Render view and on output.

Here’s the effect:

http://www.vbcreativepartners.com/mattequestion/theeffect.png

Here’s the timeline:

http://www.vbcreativepartners.com/mattequestion/timeline.png

The dog drawing:

http://www.vbcreativepartners.com/mattequestion/dogdrawing.png

The tuba drawing:

http://www.vbcreativepartners.com/mattequestion/tuba.png

And the matte:

http://www.vbcreativepartners.com/mattequestion/matte.png

Why is the dog transparent?!

Thanks for any thoughts you have!

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Hi Henry

It might be the color swatch you use for the matte. Make sure it is opaque.

-Ivar

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Thanks, Ivar - we’ll check that out.

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It seems to me it’s not the dog that’s semi-transparent, it’s the tuba. If you use a semi-transparent colour for the matte, it takes that alpha into consideration. Which is pretty neat, when you think about it, because you could do a gradient if you wanted to.

~Lilly