? Does Daz Studio have a shadow catcher function?

Diomede

If I render a scene separately, can I insert it as a background and then create a shadow catcher for an individual element such as the side of a vertical tree trunk?  I don't just want to control shadows on horizontal ground.  

Sven Dullah

Don't know about IRay, but if you need help to set it up in 3Delight, let me know.

Sevrin

You might find this useful.

https://www.daz3d.com/iray-hdri-toolkit

vagans

Sevrin said:

You might find this useful.

https://www.daz3d.com/iray-hdri-toolkit

I forgot about that product. Always wanted to try it out, great ideas.

Fishtales

Use the Matte Function.

 

 

Diomede

Thank you, one and all.

Fishtales, the second video is exactly what I want to do, perfect. 

However, I am not familar enough with Daz Studio Scripts to follow along at every point.  I'm missing a crucial step at about the 1:20 mark where the script is executed and they go to the surfaces tab.  My interface doesn't look the same.  Probably my unfamiliarity with Studio.  I'm on the right track now and should be able to sort it out.  Thanks again.

WendyLuvsCatz

I have used it

you get an extra function in the parameters it could be by visibility rather than in the shader tab (am not on my PC) after applying the script on that object that you can check

make sure you have advanced view checked

Richard Haseltine

Diomede said:

Thank you, one and all.

Fishtales, the second video is exactly what I want to do, perfect. 

However, I am not familar enough with Daz Studio Scripts to follow along at every point.  I'm missing a crucial step at about the 1:20 mark where the script is executed and they go to the surfaces tab.  My interface doesn't look the same.  Probably my unfamiliarity with Studio.  I'm on the right track now and should be able to sort it out.  Thanks again.

Just double-click the file, as you would for a preset - the fact that it's a script doesn't make any real difference on the user's side.