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Shadowcatcher Material

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 12:44 pm
by regi
Hi All
Is there the opportunity to give "Shadowcatcher" properties to any material within Raylectron? Perhaps there is already a preset for this?
Shadowcatcher means that the material itself is invisible, but it receives shadows anyway. Various render tools have such a useful
material feature such as Artlantis Render or LightUp for example ...

Re: Shadowcatcher Material

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 12:54 pm
by Support
Yes, in the material editor, select "Does not block direct light".

Re: Shadowcatcher Material

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 1:04 pm
by regi
Support wrote:Yes, in the material editor, select "Does not block direct light".
:oops: Aua - I had no idea, what "Does not block direct light" should mean

Thank you - thats great!

Re: Shadowcatcher Material

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 2:38 pm
by Support
It means it doesn't cast shadows, so you could have a dome image over a house for example and the sunlight will still come in the house instead of shadowing the house. if you want this to work on both side of the plane, you need to set the same material for both side (front and back).