Shadow Catcher missing in 3.2

Asked Aug 12 '22 at 23:53

Active Jun 07 '23 at 10:25

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I was trying to capture shadows on transparency and was following a Youtube video, and the very first step I could not do.

The video said to select the object to receive the shadow and go to the Object Properties panel under the Visibility sub-panel and check On under the Mask heading "Shadow Catcher".

That option does not even exist. It shows Holdout as the only option to check. Also, every other location the video says to check Shadow Catcher, that option doesn't exist anywhere.

What am I doing wrong? Blender 3.2 on iMac.

edited Aug 13 '22 at 00:07

Duarte Farrajota Ramos

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asked Aug 12 '22 at 23:53

user153116

Hello and welcome. Please don't write in all caps, it is the online equivalent of shouting, is harder to read and may be considered rude. You can use the [edit] button below to change you text into regular case. – Duarte Farrajota Ramos Aug 13 '22 at 00:07
You need to set the render engine to Cycles to see the Shadow Catcher checkbox. Eevee does not have this setting. – Blunder Aug 13 '22 at 01:27
@DuarteFarrajotaRamos the link seems not to be correct. It leads to this question. – Blunder Aug 13 '22 at 01:29
@Blunder Indeed, my mistake. Meant to link to this one instead https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/264135/shadow-catcher-option-missing-3-0 – Duarte Farrajota Ramos Aug 13 '22 at 01:37
Are you on Cycles or eevee?, if you're on eevee change to cycles – Stuntman Lopez Jun 07 '23 at 10:25

Shadow Catcher missing in 3.2

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