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According to Alvy Ray Smith (one of the inventors of the alpha channel), an alpha channel should always put 255 into the opaque area, 0 into the completely clear area, and a gradient in between. There is absolutely no standard for doing it the other way. If you can find a published article about doing it the other way, I'd love to see it. Note that our alpha channels work perfectly for doing everything from using it in Photoshop, Altamira Composer, etc, to using them as matte elements in an ABC-roll environment. – G