How do I hide an emitter plane while keeping it's emitted light visible in a cycles render?

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This is how you used to be able to do it in blender 2.79 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsRQQLFVEY

I can't find this option in 2.8

Does this help: How to make a cycles light emisson object invisible to the camera? — brockmann, Mar 29 '20 at 15:34
Hello :). Make sure to use Cycles render engine, Eevee doesn't have this option. Cool username by the way :). — jachym michal, Mar 29 '20 at 15:44

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 29 '20 at 17:49

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In the object settings, uncheck "Camera" under "Ray Visibility";

This;

Becomes this;

This setting removes the emitting object from view (while leaving it's light) regardless of whether you are looking through a camera or the normal viewport.

answered Mar 29 '20 at 17:49

AlexanderESmith

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How do I hide an emitter plane while keeping it's emitted light visible in a cycles render?

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