Rendering shadows w/o the set?

Deke

This topic came up in the Animation forum and thought I'd post it here. Is there a way to render a character and the shadows they cast, but the whole set. For locked down shots I could then render the set as a still and comp the character and shadow over it.

Deke

And yes, this is a Daz Studio. I understand in Carerra there is something called a shadow catcher that renders the shadow on blank geometry.

prixat

http://www.daz3d.com/pwcatch

pwCatch would be the equivalent for DS.

(I've have not tried it, I just use a very simple one I made in Shader mixer.)

Deke

Thanks. What's a shader mixer?

prixat

I learnt from these youtube videos. They walk you through the steps on creating a shadow catcher with shader mixer.

part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo2OVy9tf8E&list=UUmcv_IW_FsFaFLUDPaojagw

part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrWtXnijQ_k&list=UUmcv_IW_FsFaFLUDPaojagw