@hairy_hen: I considered that but unfortunately all shots in the EoD doc have some kind of weird ghosting issue. It may be some interlacing thing but I don't know how to get rid of it.
@WShawn: Actually I'm using a much older version of AE (AE 7.0) and I can't really afford to upgrade. And also, these programs change so much with each new release that I feel like I have to learn to work with them all over again (exactly the reason I'm still using and older version of Photoshop as well). Rotobrush sounds good though.
@Mattman: I don't have it and have never seen it (although I know what it is from reading about it). It could be interesting - from what I gathered, the transfer should be much better than the GOUT.