Shadowcatcher Material

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Shadowcatcher Material

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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 ...
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Re: Shadowcatcher Material

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Yes, in the material editor, select "Does not block direct light".
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Re: Shadowcatcher Material

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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!
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Re: Shadowcatcher Material

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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).
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