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generate a matte for object inside a refraction

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:16 am
by agnes_io
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?

Cheers!

Re: generate a matte for object inside a refraction

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 10:24 pm
by ceen
I am interested in this as well. Any solution?

Re: generate a matte for object inside a refraction

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 8:57 am
by Gleitfrosch
funny, i stumbled across the same problem over the weekend... if there was a solution it would be awesome!

Re: generate a matte for object inside a refraction

Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 5:43 pm
by frankmci
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.