Cinema 4D render shadow catcher

Question

HiThe option to set Accept Shadows to only, is not available in the new Cinema 4D render mode.Does anybody know any tricks for creating a shadow catcher when in that render mode?Thanks,Jakob Wagner

Mylenium · Accepted Answer

Ah, I misunderstood. Though I would guess that it's not really possible. For all intents and purposes this stuff is like a v0.3 Beta and far from complete. Bringing over the render flags and multipass stuff from C4D no doubt will take several more iterations.

Mylenium

Roei Tzoref · Answer

there's a way to get the shadow catcher if you precompose the 3d scene and use one with a white solid with the shadow as the only layer in the precomp, and the duplicate of that precomp with all the rest... think of as creating a shadow pass.

now in the master comp use the shadow comp in multiply.

you can make this setup more elegant using master properties. this way it's the same precomp with one instance with the shadow pass and the other with just the object.

here's an example:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n9mrqcNGt1VMJW_HzvbvQ3L7I4lxuW9m/view?usp=drivesdk

C4D_Renderer_Shadow_Catcher.aep - Google Drive

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