Looks Like I only need the blackbody light source with HDR Texture Environments.

You can skip steps 5 & 6 if you use the Default Daylight Environment.

Looks like I am answering my own questions LOL!

BTW rendering with No Environment produced this

Isotemod

I appreciate all the feedback but this is why I said I am looking for the process/procedure.

i.e. step by step. It is easier for people to try and it is easier to improve steps (like you just did). So if you know the idea way. Detail out a procedure for myself and others to understand.

Got it!.

Basic Setup.

1. Create a new plane (in this case representing the ground) to recieve the shadows. Set the material to matte.
2. Set Environment to HDR Texture Environment in the Lights Tab
3. Turn "alphachannel - ON" in the Render Settings Tab
4. Add your objects to the scene to cast the ...

I got that shadows if I want to render the entire image at once. However, I need it via the alpha channel for compositing with other images.

Look at page 117 of the Octane render manual to see what I am trying to accomplish.

t_3 and All,

Sorry if I missed this but what is the shadow catching process/procedure for the Daz Plugin.

Thanks in Advance

Yep. These were literally install, grab a couple of my previous work and render. Lots of expertise to learn.

Ahhh...The holy grai....automated mats...well I think we are a way off from that.

In the meantime I can get work done 20x times faster with better quality results because of this plug in.

Please remember that.

Go to the Daz Store and buy the skin with a character morphs for m4 (in this case this product is called "Shaw" in the Daz Store).

Apply the skin to the model with morphs (M4 in this case).

Press Render in Octane Plugin. Correct rayepsilon when the developer tells you to.

You have no idea what ...

Yep that did it.

Its all with the quality of the texture. To grab this level of detail you need 4K textures.

You can buy them in the Daz3d store. So this is what Octane and your plugin can do right out of the box with a standard high-res texture.