SOLVED ?? How do I turn a plane into a shadow catcher for the ground ??

Diomede

How do I turn a plane into a shadow catcher for the ground?  

I have a simple scene with one Daz figure and a tree prop.  I have a landscape spherical HDR representing a clearing in a forest.  My tree prop appears to be floating above the ground.  In other programs I would insert a simple plane and apply a shadow catcher shader.  Is there a way to do that in Daz Studio?  If so, what is it?

Richard Haseltine

Yes - select the plane, then in the Content Library go to Daz Studio Formats.[content directory]>Scipts>Utilities>Create Advanced Iray Node Proeprties  In the Parametrs pane tuern on Enable Iray Matte

Diomede

Thank you.  Would not have discovered that on my own

Seven193

I find this video helpful:

 

WendyLuvsCatz

you can also manually move the iray environment groundplane too,

by default it sits at the base of the lowest thing in the scene

ebergerly

I seem to recall that method with the Iray node never worked. Maybe it worked with an old version but not newer ones or something. Though things may have changed recently. I always go for the Canvas route. Or you can Draw Ground in the Render Settings and not need a ground plane object. 

Diomede

Thank you Seven193, Wendy, and ebergerly for the extra info.