Shadow only on ground plane

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 1

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# 1 15-01-2006 , 10:49 AM

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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.

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thanks in advance

Yourz Trooly,

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# 2 15-01-2006 , 03:45 PM

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

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# 3 16-01-2006 , 09:12 PM

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thanks Joopson!

that worked a treat!!!

Yourz Trooly,

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# 4 17-01-2006 , 01:34 AM

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your welcome:attn: :attn: lol
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cheers
andy

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# 5 17-01-2006 , 10:04 PM

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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!

Yourz Trooly,

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