Rendering shadows separately | alpha v6 hotfix3

[gieroj]

hello community,

I have an object in my scene and I want to render the object seperately from it's shadows (to have bigger control in post). Tried to render shadows only with the Multi-pass feature but actually ended up with a black image.

Would someone be so kind and explain the process to me?

Best regards

[Nejc Kilar]

Perhaps you should try it with the newest dailies? Don't forget to work on the copy of the actual scene in case something goes wrong ;)

[gieroj]

hey, sorry i do not understand Your anwser. I have the newest version. How can i render shadows separetely from an object?
cheers

[ed.lefler]

You need shadow catcher shader, which is not implemented yet. You can copy your scene, replace lights with c4d lights and use cinema's native shadow catcher shader. (with native renderer)

[Nejc Kilar]

Hmm hmm... I would suggest to not use Corona tone mapping and make sure you output a 32 bit OpenEXR file. Enable Multi-Pass in Corona (Corona -> MultiPass) with the essential layers like Direct, Indirect, Shadows, Reflections etc... Then in post add the layers together (linear dodge - add, probably multiply for shadows) and just paint them out.