Pret-a-3D opened this issue on May 14, 2012 · 8453 posts
Pret-a-3D posted Sun, 30 September 2012 at 12:18 AM
Quote - Does anyone know if you can use the shadow catcher in reality? The shadow catcher is created in the shadermixer tab in daz and applied to a plane to make it look like the character belongs in a background image. Here is a sample:
There is no support for a shadow catcher in Lux and so no such thing in Reality. It's easy to simulare it though.
Place a plane to use as a shadow catcher
Place your figure and lights
Render using "Render as statue." You will get a render in B&W
Render your normal image
In Photoshop composite the two images using "Darken" or "Multiply" for the blend mode of the shadow.
Hope this helps
Paolo
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