Export Alpha in a "Transparent" HD Project

I understand how to export normal fills and mattes separately in SD.
Is there a trick to exporting in HD?
I have a moving lens flare and I want a travel matte.
Right now, the matte snaps on as a solid white screen.
I want to keep this separate to be able to submit to iStock.

In After Effects, we use a product called Xmult. It samples a layer and creates a perfect alpha channel for it. It's the trick for using lens flares. I see no analog in Motion but you should be able to fake it by using channels. You want to shift all of the luma information to the alpha so you can crete a lovely matte.
Umm, no idea if this helps and can't check it. I'm not at my Motion machine for the next week.
bogiesan

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I got the best one. But, you know, since you weren't there, you'll never know
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