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Help with Render Layer
Started by alessandro, May 06, 2014, 06:46:19 PM
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alessandro
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Help with Render Layer
May 06, 2014, 06:46:19 PM
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I need to ask if a Render Layer is capable of saving a population+cast shadows to a layer.
I've ran several tries but was able only to render the population and the alpha, but no shadows from it.
Thanks
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May 07, 2014, 03:03:27 AM
I know I promised to help you, but I can't on this. Never touched render layers yet. But someone will pass along...
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May 07, 2014, 10:43:06 AM
Currently there is no shadow render element.
Depending on your needs it might be possible to figure out a workaround,though.
http://orkwarts.wordpress.com/
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May 07, 2014, 12:09:30 PM
My need would be to be able to render a tree population and the shadows casted on the terrain only. So that at the end I have a rgb+alpha file containing such trees+shadows.
I'm not sure if this could be doable with some tricks: for example having terrain mat set to white with ambient to 100% and no diffuse (?) so that it acts as a shadows catcher, and trees to full black and render without atmosphere. So that I'd basically get a black and white trees+shadows mask of some sort.
But I hoped the render layers were able to handle that...
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May 07, 2014, 12:43:24 PM
The trees are no
problem.You
can do that easily,with alpha and as hold out and so on.
What you suggest (terrain mat to white etc) would be a good starting point and
should work,if it fits your purposes.
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