She preferred a matte finish on her phone case to avoid fingerprints.

The photographer preferred mattes for the gallery prints because they reduced glare.

For the compositing pass, we generated several hard mattes to isolate the foreground elements.

The product catalog featured several soft mattes that subtly reduced glare on display samples.

On the film set, the cinematographer decided to use a hard matte to mask the top and bottom of the frame in camera and achieve a vintage widescreen look.

The new DVD release features a closed matte transfer that preserves the film's original theatrical framing.

The special edition Blu-ray includes an open matte transfer that reveals more of the original frame than the theatrical release.

The director insisted on a soft matte for the film, so the projectionist would mask the top and bottom of the frame during screenings.