# 2026 auto-matte

**URL:** <https://forum.logik.tv/t/2026-auto-matte/14273>\
**Category:** Flame Questions\
**Tags:** action, batch\
**Created:** [March 20, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/2026-auto-matte/14273 "2026-03-20T21:28:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sbotie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/sbotie/32/1310_2.png) [@Sbotie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sbotie)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/2026-auto-matte/14273/1 "2026-03-20T21:28:48Z")

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I was using the new auto-matte within gmask tracer, which is quite amazing, but you can’t scrub through/watch it down until you render, which makes it difficult to tweak. Also, I can’t seem to find a way to output just the matte - is this not possible? Am I doing something wrong?

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**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/2026-auto-matte/14273/2 "2026-03-20T21:33:26Z")

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Haven’t upgraded yet, but I think you can cut the input off and it will still output correctly. Just a wild guess since I haven’t used it yet.

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**Author:** ![Sbotie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/sbotie/32/1310_2.png) [@Sbotie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sbotie)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/2026-auto-matte/14273/3 "2026-03-20T21:52:02Z")

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By cut the input off, is that just a matter of removing the front from the node? If I do that, the automatte goes away.

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**Author:** ![Sonste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@Sonste](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sonste)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/2026-auto-matte/14273/4 "2026-03-22T00:00:50Z")

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In Gmask Tracer, add a matte selective (ctrl click surface-add matte selective) and you’ll be able to use the matte outside of the Gmask.

 ![AutoMatteSelective](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thedepartmentofexternalservices/original/2X/a/a443944a5bc71a5b9088a2a16728c83d905a2b57.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Sbotie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/sbotie/32/1310_2.png) [@Sbotie](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sbotie)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/2026-auto-matte/14273/5 "2026-03-22T17:16:25Z")

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Stellar! Thank you!