# Shadowcatcher material with opacity map

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/shadowcatcher-material-with-opacity-map/137842>\
**Category:** Help Required\
**Created:** [August 10, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/shadowcatcher-material-with-opacity-map/137842 "2017-08-10T01:32:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alan\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Alan\_1](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Alan_1)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/shadowcatcher-material-with-opacity-map/137842/1 "2017-08-10T01:32:58Z")

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Hi guys, is there some way to use the shadowcatcher material with a opacity map? I want to use the object to project the plate, but it has a opacity to show some objects behind it. There is some procedure to do it?

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![romullus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/romullus/32/271095_2.png) [@romullus](https://forums.chaos.com/u/romullus)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/shadowcatcher-material-with-opacity-map/137842/2 "2017-08-10T07:00:00Z")

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I don’t think so. Maybe it’s worth to open request for it? I can see that this feature might be useful in some situations.