Cryptomatte render element not yet in stable builds?

[Fredrik Averpil]

Hi,

I just downloaded the stable 3.60.01 from 26th of June for Maya 2017 to see if it was possible to output render elements to be used with the Cryptomatte Nuke node. But it seems this has not yet been implemented. Is this correct or did I miss something?

[vlado]

It's almost done.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Fredrik Averpil]

No worries, I was just wondering. The artists here are super interested in having a look at it.

[SonyBoy]

Likewise. Having tried out the Cryptomatte with Arnold, I would love to see this in Vray!

[Fredrik Averpil]

Back from summer vacation and I immediately checked the V-Ray for Maya 3.6 stable nightly release log. It doesn't mention cryptomatte so I'm guessing it's not yet in the stable builds?

[oglu]

interesting question.. i thought it would be in 3.6...

[vlado]

Actually some initial version is already in the stable builds, but some more work is needed for the final release.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Fredrik Averpil]

Okay, thanks for the update. I think we'll hold off until it's fully implemented. Everyone in our studio is super excited about it and hope that this will replace the need for multimattes and other id mattes.

[sharktacos]

Okay, thanks for the update. I think we'll hold off until it's fully implemented. Everyone in our studio is super excited about it and hope that this will replace the need for multimattes and other id mattes.

I'll second that! Please let us know when this is in the stable nightlies!

[sharktacos]

So I see it is now in the stable nightlies "(*) Add CryptoMatte render element"

Vlado you were saying there were issues still. have they been resolved for this release (27599) or is that still in progress?

[hsz]

if this goes through Maya it should go through Houdini as well right? Looking forward for this.

[Fredrik Averpil]

I just noticed this in the latest stable 3.6 build:

(*) Add CryptoMatte render element

Does this mean that this feature is ready?

[yolov]

It's already in the stable 3.60.01 nightlies.

[Fredrik Averpil]

Allright, thanks!

[SonyBoy]

Is this going to be available for earlier versions of Maya (we are still on 2016.5 here)?