Add Tracking Mask to PSD or .PNG Layer in AE CC

Guys, I'm pulling my hair out. Anyway you could give me a quick tip on how to apply a tracking mask to a PSD or .PNG layered on top of a movie file in AE CC? Man i'm going crazy trying to figure this out. Thank you very much in advance.
I see here: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-after-effects-cc/rigid-mask-tracker-in-afte... how to apply tracking mask to an adjustment layer, but the .PSD layer or .PNG layer mask doesn't offer the "right click > tracking mask" option.
Please, what am I over looking? I have an AE comp with a PSD file or PNG file which has some bricks for a building, and I need the mask to track as the movie ever so slightly moves.
Please help me. Thank you.

Nope, that's not how it's done. It's a little more compolicated than that:
Duplicate the car layer. Put it above the bricks.
Make a mask around the car. Do it just before the car gets in front of the bricks. Be very careful when masking. Click the stopwach icon on the mask path property.
Go forward in time until the car is just past the bricks. Double click on the mask path you made earlier: a box forms around it. Drag it back over the car and tweak mask vertices as necessary.
RAM Preview and adjust the mask path as necessary.
There you go.

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A bit of a long list of questions, I have difficulty finding specific answers. As much as I would appreciate specific answers, just giving broad advice on the topics is also very much appreciated.
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