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<<That's my question as well. Those Alpha Channel buttons in the Yost IPAS Boutique #1 .IXPs (Flare, Hilite, Glow, Blur, etc.) appear to be utterly useless. Here's why: the instructions SAY that they will look at the Alpha Channel of the item above them in the Video Post queue, assuming that said item is 32-bit (has an Alpha channel) and that Use Alpha is On. This is apparently not the case. Apparently they instead look at the ACCUMULATED Alpha of ALL the Video Post queue entries above the .IXP entry whose timelines overlap at that frame. In other words, they look at the Alpha channel of the CURRENT COMPOSITED IMAGE being built, as it has been composited through the various layers!>> That's my question as well. I am waiting for this problem to be corrected in R.4 of 3D-STUDIO, but for the time being, untill there will be any upgrade to Disk-1, we can't do a thing with it!!! Thank you very much for the long reply. Sus.