Transparent Background with Shadows

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Is there a way to get a transparent background from your renders, and still keep shadows?

I have seen ways to save as a TIFF with Alpha & then delete the Alpha channel, but this does not work with shadows sense I need to cast shadows onto an object.

TIA

Use the shadow catcher plugin (freeware) in your transparencychannel

http://www.plugincafe.com/download_browse.asp?downloadID=P0400150857SHAD03

odo

[MagnaDyne]

Use the shadow catcher plugin (freeware) in your transparencychannel

http://www.plugincafe.com/download_browse.asp?downloadID=P0400150857SHAD03

odo

How exactly do you use this?

I tried applying the file to my transparency channel like I would a texture. When i went to render it I got an error.

Thanks

[MagnaDyne]

derrr

Nevermind.

.COB file :rolleyes:

I have been stairing at this monitor too long

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