Kind of a noob question - difference mattes.

Hi all. I'm working on a new graphics package, and the content was supplied as targa sequnces. Anything that's keyable was also suppled as a black and white matte sequence. I'm exporting the image sequences as MOVs from QuickTime, and my question is, how do I acutally put these two files together so I can key the video?
Here's a link to two of the files.
Video:
http://is.rely.net/3-7-6426-l-6SidTHBCVwJqsFsDzkQ.jpg
Matte:
http://is.rely.net/3-7-6425-l-yYXP0DQvTk4JxUfUMEc0g.jpg
Dual 2ghz G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1gb DDR, FCP Studio 5

I'm sorry to have to say, RTFM. It's the best way for you to learn. It's in the online Help files within FCP. Search for Travel Mattes.

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Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:11:50 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Noob Question - PreComp Layers and Effects
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