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In addition, Color Vibrance’s Matte Tools can be used to create an alpha channel from stock footage, providing more control for compositing. It also works on pre-matted clips. Faded colors can be removed with feathering masks. You can download it here.
Color Vibrance is compatible with PC and Mac as well as versions CS5, CS6, and CC of After Effects.
Here you can see how it works: