Shadow only on ground plane

[pancreasboy]

Hi there I'm coming to the end of my first character done in Maya for my course and was wondering if there was a way that i can render out the ground only showing the shadow and not the blue diffuse colour that cuts off in the distance?

I used to be able to do it in Max but can't see how you do it here in Maya.

See image bellow:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/pancreasboy/misc/final_001_cameraShape1_tmp.jpg

thanks in advance

[Joopson]

i believe you have to assign the USE BACKGROUND shader to the plane, and lower its reflections...... although it will render with alpha channels

[pancreasboy]

thanks Joopson!

that worked a treat!!!

[Joopson]

your welcome:attn: :attn: lol
:beer: cheers
andy

[pancreasboy]

One other thing, how do you get rid of the reflections on the "Use Background" shader, yet keep the shadow cast as blue? When i reduced the reflection amount in the "Use Background" shader, the shadows cast come out grey!

[Joopson]

sorry, idk:blush:

[MattTheMan]

change the shadow color to blue on the light lol! >.<