Using Luma Mattes in Adobe Premiere Pro @ShiveringCactus
Using Luma Mattes in Adobe Premiere Pro  @ShiveringCactus
Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
This very quick tutorial shows you how to take an RGB clip and apply its separate Luma Matte pass using the built-in tools. This lets you view a video with a transparent background directly in the timeline.

More about videos with alpha channels: youtu.be/PS5nPDpVM0E

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