Black background on PDFs and AI files

I'm sure there's a simple explanation, but I can't find it in the documentation. When I drop a PDF from the Browser onto the Canvas, it imports as expected; i.e. it's transparent and reveals whatever is below it. When I drop the same file from the Browser onto the Timeline, using Composite, or Insert, or Overwrite, or Exchange, it brings the file in with a black background that is the size of the PDF or Ai bounding box. What's the difference in how these files are being handled? Thanks in advance.

Try select all on the dancer subject and do a Pathfinger>Divide while holding down the option key. I'm not sure what your are doing to Export a PDF because this is not one of the options in the Export dialog in Illustrator.

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