Is it possible to to make a matte shader like Maya’s UseBG that allows you to create shadow mattes? Sorry if it is there and I don’t know how to activate it in the main shader. I see iRay has a ground plane option. Would be great to see that built in to the faster rendering options.
I do like the way Renderman uses the HoldOut tickbox on geo, that is a really simple way and it means the currenlty assigned shaders still provide lighting feedback. So maybe it is a geo solution and not a MDL one.
Hi delfemail,
Thanks for you interest! I’ll pass this along to the devs
This is currently in development and will be out in a couple of months. You can set any object as a shadow and reflections catcher.
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Any update on that?
+1
I have done it using the Iray renderer in GUI but want to use pathtracing via the python API. This would be great to have.
Its currently in development, I cant share the exact release but I can say that we are actively working on it. The nice thing is that it works any shape and does both shadow catching and reflections based on the assigned material
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Looks awesome - can’t wait!
Any updates on this?
Its now supported in 2022.1 beta released today
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Awesome news - how do I get access to the beta versions?
Oh my bad I am using Isaac, but you are referring to Create
Excellent work :)
The stage does load in Isaac but it does not work as intended, makes a weird diffuse surface that is only semi-transparent