Does pwCatch work in 4.7 or later?
WillowRaven
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I never had problem before, but I can't get it to work tonight.
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It should work in 4.7 without any problem...but in 4.8 and 4.9 you do need to make sure you are in 3Delight and not Iray.
What specific problem are you having and what version of Studio?
It's simply not working. Not showing me any shadows at all.
It works in 4.8 with 3Delight. I don't use 4.9 yet, so I haven't tried that.
Here's a short tutorial on it I did a while back:
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/903739/#Comment_903739
Looks like something is broken in 4.9.2.70 (the latest release) been busy reinstalling content on a new machine so downloaded a fresh copy of pwCatch (DS4 version) this morning and gave it a try. The Catch Shadows function seems to be broken, the Catch Reflections seems to work as does the Backdrop function.
In 4.8 it is/was the other way around, if I remember correctly. Catch Shadows works, the other two don't.
I have found a solution, but it's not pwCatch. There's a ShareCG file that looks to be working great. http://www.sharecg.com/v/70391/browse/21/DAZ-Studio/Shadow-Catcher-For-DAZ-Studio-4.5%2B
There's no tutorial, so I had to figure out a few things myself to make it look natural, like changing the diffuse color to match the color of shadows in the photo backdrop I'm using, then had to play with the shadow strength, but it is working.