ERIKA - import .avi

I listed this somewhere else... so sorry about that, maybe
this is where I should post...
The ERIKA effect.
I have been trying to figure this out for days. I am just
lost with it. Follow the link:
http://www.ixwebhosting.com/index.php/v2/pages.dspmain
There is a button in the bottom right corner that says PLAY
ERIKA. She then comes in and talks. I really want to do this effect
for my site and just cant get a handle on it. I know there is color
keying and importing into flash involved, but that is all I get.
Can you help me do it? I have Flash MX and Adobe Premiere Pro and
Final Cut Pro.
thanks
Dan
[email protected]

Actually you just need to record yourself or someone else
speaking in front of a greenscreen, then in Premiere, FC or After
Effects ( I prefer the After Effects keyer) remove the greenscreen
and output the flv with an ALPHA channel. The last thing you need
to is to implement the video inside of Flash and you are ready to
go. Flash MX is probably too old for this since you need the on2
VP6 codec, so go out and buy Flash CS3 :)

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