Questions tagged [shadowcatcher]
A Blender object may be a Shadowcatcher, becoming an object that only receives shadow rays. Such an object might be used to overlay 3D objects over a real world video or photo. Use this tag for questions about the Shadowcatcher setting and its uses.
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Remove Nishita Sky Shadow from Shadow Catcher
I need to render images with shadow catcher for transparent background. I need the Nishita sky to cast shadows from the object onto themselves but not the shadow catcher. I would like the shadow ...
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make a plane visible only for ambient occlusion
I have this render, where I am pretty happy with the general lighting. However I am not that happy with the shadows. I wish to get rid of the hash shadow, while keeping some soft shadows around the ...
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Render shadow map using Python (bpy)
First and foremost, I'm completely new to Blender, I'm purely a dev so please don't downvote my question. I'm trying to export the jpg image of the shadow map from a 3D object (.blend) file. I did ...
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Shadow Catcher Reflections Overlapping with Area Light Reflections Causing Artifacts
I have run into a strange issue halting my progress which I can't seem to fix no matter what I try or do. I'm encountering an artifact when using a shadow catcher with a reflective material in Cycles (...
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Creating Dynamic Transparent Shadows in Eevee Like Shadow Catcher in Cycles
How can I create dynamic transparent shadows for the background in Eevee in Blender 4.4 using Shader nodes or Geometry Nodes? I need a result similar to the Shadow Catcher in Cycles.
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Different Shadow Effects with Shadow Catcher Enabled in Cycles Render [duplicate]
I'm using Blender 4.2. I've been working on a render where I want to use the Shadow Catcher feature to get a transparent image with shadows. However, I noticed that the shadows on the plane look ...
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Shadow Catcher not catching shadows from Node-based Emission [duplicate]
So apparently Shadow Catchers are only catching shadows cast by Lights(Area Lights, Sun etc.) But if I use An Emission Shader on an object, the shadows cast by it are not caught by the Catcher. Is ...
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Stop casting shadow only on specific object
I have a flying object and I don't want it to cast shadows only on 3 meshes, but everything else stays the same, so only isolate it for 3 specific meshes. If that's not possible eliminate shadow ...
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