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    If done a couple of experiments using matte/shadows for a camara match but havent been able to get it to be transparent and to only render the shadows. Thanks
    P.

  • #2
    have you checked 'opaque alpha' and 'receive shadows' under the matte shadow material rollout?
    when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - hunter s. thompson

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    • #3
      If I understand, just uncheck "visible to camera" in the object's properties.
      Eric Boer
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      • #4
        Actually I was experimenting w/ that yeasterday and in the max matte/shadow material you don't need to check "received shadows"...but in the object proprieties for vray you need to check "matte object", and set the alpha contribution to = -1
        then it works....the matte object will not be visible to the cam.

        paul

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        • #5
          it should still work though...

          i've been using matte/shadow for a series of renders where i had to comp objects into photographs over the last week without any problems...

          are you trying to render out only the shadows in an alpha channel to comp onto a background later, or are you just trying to get shadows to show on a matte/shadow material?

          can you post an image demonstrating the problem?
          when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro - hunter s. thompson

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          • #6
            Originally posted by cocolas
            ...but in the object proprieties for vray you need to check "matte object", and set the alpha contribution to = -1
            I found an error with objects properties menu. These scripts don't work. Anyone get an similar errors? Is this a bug? I'm using vray 1.09.03m in max 6

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            • #7
              I use viz 4 and it works...

              paul

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              • #8
                The scripts do not work in Max 6
                Eric Boer
                Dev

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