is the bottom the unaltered version comped onto the wood doll? Or did you change settings in ae for that image? That would seem like a really weird alpha result. maybe you could upload what the alpha matte looks like so we can see what's going on with your fluid? Ya Petersin, straight dropped on. But my thinking now is the fluid render needs attention. It seems lighting the fluid plays an important role and I found a good post on this over at CGsociety: https://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/...t-1015559.html But obviously the actual Fluid needs more adjustment in transparency, opacity and texture, which I was at all day. But if anyone has experience lighting Fluids in a bright environment please let me know. Thanks