Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:39 pm
Not necessarily better. You could mask the loader itself, but that does have its downsides from time to time. You could also use a boolean with a mask and probably a BC with a mask, but you'll always need a node and a mask, so I have no idea what you'd consider better. FWIW in cases like you describe I personally always use the Matte Control as well, since the coding of my mind will automatically associate it with Matting, so even if other tools might be more efficient, I always use the Matte Control.
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