Shader to RGB in Cycles

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Eevee has introduced a new node, the Shader-to-RGB node. I find this quite useful for using the outputs of shaders in, say, the factor of a mix node or other such things. Unfortunately Cycles does not seem to support this node. This is most unfortunate.

How might I replicate this feature in Cycles (at least to support my presented use case)?

(This question involves v2.80)

https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/86775/make-light-paths-only-pass-through-non-emitted-areas/86787#86787 — Duarte Farrajota Ramos, Jan 15 '19 at 17:42

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 15 '19 at 16:49

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I'm not 100% sure how the node works, but I think due to the nature of the rendering methods, you will need to bake all of the textures/shading. Here is a tutorial: https://youtu.be/sB09T--_ZvU

answered Jan 15 '19 at 16:49

Rix Yarbrough

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