In my ignorance, which is vast, I used to think the floor/wall shadows were sort of odd things to have.
Now that I see value in them, they're gone.If you wanted to have a null (no) background, and render a character or a prop for compositing in another application, the shadow would be nice to have.
In Indigo Renderer (but not RT, I think), you can have a "shadow catcher" which is essentially an invisible (100% transparent) object with will show shadows that land on it. You can also render the shadow only, if you wish.
And it would also be useful in the situation doomstepef described.
Can you make your own "shadow catcher" that's a transparent plane (or any prop) that still displays the shadows that land on it?
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