I've tried to use the chroma key feature in my PD10 Ultra but it doesn't seem to be much better than previous versions. It just doesn't key out the green screen close to the subject and there's always a ghost of something surrounding it, no matter what adjustments I make. I've looked at some of the samples that others have done which are considered to be well done and even they have ghostly background remnants floating around the subject.

Mind you, I know it isn't my green screen background causing the problem: I can import the exact same file into my Adobe After Effects and the background is eliminated perfectly using keylight 1.2: no green outlines and no floating ghosts.

I prefer working in PowerDirector over After Effects for as much of my editing as possible because the GUI is so much nicer in PD. And, I don't mind using After Effects just to do the chroma keying and can export the file with an alpha channel (transparent background.) What I've been trying to do, however, is to import the video file with the alpha channel from After Effects into PowerDirector. For some reason PD refuses to recognize the alpha channel on import and what is supposed to be a transparent background comes through as black, or else PD says that the format isn't correct or the file is damaged and doesn't allow import at all.

Am I doing something wrong? What format should I export from After Effects with alpha channel so that PD can import it with a transparent background?

Thanks in advance!