Introduction to Maya - Rendering in Arnold
This course will look at the fundamentals of rendering in Arnold. We'll go through the different light types available, cameras, shaders, Arnold's render settings and finally how to split an image into render passes (AOV's), before we then reassemble it i
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Rendering shadow/reflection but not the plane itself
But, we have a catch 22 here. In order for Maya to render a shadow or a reflection, it needs to render the entire plane beneath the object, meaning that there won't be an alpha channel, meaning that I can't use the resulting image on any background.
So, how do I render only the shadow/reflection on a surface and not the surface itself? Can it even be done? I want the shadow to be a part of the alpha channel, so it can be used on any background. Ditto for a reflection.
Is it possible?
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You should have an option to render just the shadows in the render layers options.
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i think that will work
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