johnalexander1571 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Hi All, Is there a shadow catcher in VRay? Like renderzone used to have, to composite shadows on invisible surfaces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Montoya Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Howdy! Yes, It's under the Material Options, Affect Alpha, Black Alpha (-1): Jaakko 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnalexander1571 Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 Coo, thanks I'll try it! Justin Montoya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaakko Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Thanx Justin! Justin Montoya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnalexander1571 Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Yeah! Totally worked! It scared me at first it doesn't drop rendering the catcher object until after the first pass. Does just what I want. Will save time replacing entire walls in photos. Been doing tons of photo revisions. Thanks, not sure I would have ever sussed that one out myself. Justin Montoya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmulley Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 I was playing around with this a few months back.... one thing that tripped me up was the direction of the surface I made as a "studio backdrop" was facing the wrong way. When I changed it's direction it was perfect. Justin Montoya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHDD Designer Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 This is really very helpful! Justin Montoya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew West Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 I would like to add that post processing is helped tremendously by assigning a unique material ID to each material. Then output that channel separately. I do this all the time to tweak materials in PS and add shadows and such. Jaakko and Justin Montoya 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsiggia Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) Please disregard, thanks Joe Edited September 25, 2022 by jsiggia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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