Alpha Tools
 
 
 

The Alpha tools let you control the look of your alpha:

Tool Description
Alpha Levels For matte cleanup tasks during the keying process—see Alpha Levels.
Blend Alpha Blends two mattes together under the optional control of a third matte—see Blend Alpha.
Blur Alpha Softens the alpha channel of its primary input—see Blur Alpha.
Clamp Alpha Brings the alpha channel of the primary input within a predetermined range—see Clamp Alpha.
Cleanup Alpha Lets you remove gray details from white and/or black regions of the alpha channel—see Cleanup Alpha.
Comp Alpha Composites two mattes together—see Comp Alpha Tool.
Control Edge Allows edges in the matte to be moved, stretched, and softened—see Control Edge.
Detect Edge Replaces the source alpha channel with an edge map of the source alpha—see Detect Edge.
Drop Alpha A simple matte modifier that drops the alpha channel from its primary input—see Drop Alpha.
Edge Lets you refine the edges of a matte—see Edge Tool.
Extract Alpha Extracts the alpha channel from its primary input—see Extract Alpha.
Fade Lets you modify the transparency of an image—see Fade Tool.
Invert Alpha Inverts the alpha channel of its primary input—see Invert Alpha.
Median Alpha Excellent for removing impulse noise—see Median Alpha.
Remap Alpha Remaps the alpha—see Remap Alpha.
Set Alpha Create an alpha channel for an image based on a component from a second image—see Set Alpha Tool.