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You know after years and years, we are still waiting for a solution... ANY solution to this problem. I have seen at least 10 people asking for this... why it is being ignored...

All we want to do is have a dropdown option in the passes for OBJECT MATTE, that is a simple back and white matte for whatever objects are selected. It is SO SIMPLE. Ever other render engine has this.
I have finally turned back to the updated PSD MANAGER by CEBAS to solve the problem with a hack, but really this should be done by you internally.

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=55770&p=292845&hil ... tt#p292845

This is all I need

I know in 2018.1 you are moving over to using CRYPTOMATTE, but I still hope you need the need for this simple solution

@richardyarlett

you can try this script (just a test, save scene first), and when rendered, port to max framebuffer, display alpha channel, and copy image....you can past in photoshop. (ouf)
hope Neon Z, can make something

how to use : select your objects, run the script.
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currentrenderer = renderers.current
currentrenderer.kernel_kernelType =3
currentrenderer.kernel_channelType = 12
SEL = selection
max create mode
for a in Objects do (setUserProp a "octane_layer_ID" 5)
for a in SEL do (setUserProp a "octane_layer_ID" 1)
currentrenderer.renderlayer_enabled = true
currentrenderer.renderlayer_id = 1
currentrenderer.kernel_maxSamples = 128
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@richardyarlett

You can find something more usable here :
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/scrip ... quick-mask

Hi richardyarlett,
I'm sorry, I'm doing a lot of tests no more time, maybe this could help you.
Regards
Paride