vray shadow catcher shader?

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vray shadow catcher shader?

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Howdy ya'll - Here I am back again on one of my occasional visits to your great forums. And I'm wondering.... in tS7.6 on the model side using Lightworks there is a shader called a shadowcatcher. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a similar shader that works for the same purpose when rendering with tS vray? And if so where might I find it?

I can probably work out a workaround but if there's a way to do it in tS I'd rather do it that way.

Thanks in advance folks.

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Re: vray shadow catcher shader?

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Unfortunately there is no shadow catcher for VRay.

I am thinking of a workaround though. You may have to render twice :
First, make your VRay render with grey/default materials where the shadow catcher should apply.
Next, render using Lightworks in PSD format so you can export the shadows layer.

Remember that shadow catcher shader is broken in tS7.6. You can pick up the shader from the object attached though and paste it on you own objects. This will work.
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Re: vray shadow catcher shader?

Post by W!ZARD »

Thanks for response. And thanks for the help. I suspected as much but I haven't got to where I am today without finding out that trueSpace has all sorts of tricks up its... er ... sleeves!

I like your suggestion for a work around but I've redesigned the shot so the shadow won't be in view. Figuring out how to do that means I'm ending up with a better animation anyway!

Cheers

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