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blurgh
05-16-2007, 01:18 PM
Hey guys,
hopefully a quick easy question;

I was wondering if its possible to render a character with the shadows he casts on the enviroment but not actually rendering the enviroment it self?

i would run a search, but it seems broken at the moment!

Thanks in advance for any help!

Cheers Guys

-Darken
scrimski
05-16-2007, 01:32 PM
Which program?
In 3dsMax this would be possible using a Matte/shadow material for the environment.
Ministry
05-16-2007, 04:36 PM
yes ofcourse u can do that.
If u r using maya apply use background shader to the environment and If u want just the characters shadow separately u need to turn off the cast shadow of the environment.No matter how many objects are ther ein the environment. And turn off the primary visibility off for the character.. U ll get the shadow separately with alpha.. Hope that helped.. u can follow the same procedure in max aswell. Instead u use matte shadow shader to the environment.
hope that helped
blurgh
05-16-2007, 04:38 PM
ah thats the trick!
thanks guys! :D


-Darken
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