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I was working on a project in C4D and octane were I'm composting a model onto some footage, I ran into an issue with shadow catcher materials. They would block out everything behind them even tho I just wanted them to add the shadow alpha to the scene.

I set up an example scene to illustrate this
the shadow catcher floor blocks out both the area light and the larger square.

How can I have the shadow suspended without affecting anything in the scene behind the catcher?
Any help is appreciated.

Hi,
don’t use the Shadow catcher option in Diffuse material, and use the Render Layer technique instead:
http://www.aoktar.com/octane/RenderLayer.html
ciao Beppe