generate a matte for object inside a refraction

Maxon Cinema 4D (Export script developed by abstrax, Integrated Plugin developed by aoktar)

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agnes_io
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Hi,

I have a refractive object, liquid, glass, whatever, and have objects sitting inside this. I'd like to get a matte for these objects, but the normal object color masks do not see inside/through refractions. Is there any way to generate a matte pass for these objects?

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ceen
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I am interested in this as well. Any solution?
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Gleitfrosch
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funny, i stumbled across the same problem over the weekend... if there was a solution it would be awesome!
frankmci
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You can still do it the old-fashioned way and put a luminous material on the objects in question, then render a pass in the dark. It can be pretty quick, since only the specular rays need to have significant depth.
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