{"id":5053,"date":"2024-08-11T20:16:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T20:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=5053"},"modified":"2024-10-06T08:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T08:59:56","slug":"shadow-mask","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/?knowledgebase=shadow-mask","title":{"rendered":"Shadow Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-divi-layout\">[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/53fzLxkperA?si=ImsYxVdLGtc1MJ6K\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Shadow masks are transparent shadows that can save you a lot of time during baking process.<\/p>\n<h4>Here is how to use shadow masks:<\/h4>\n<p>1. First make a proxy mesh for the shadow receiving area.<\/p>\n<p>2. Make sure the mesh has proper unwrapped UVs.<\/p>\n<p>3. Assign a Material that represents the shadow color to the proxy mesh.<\/p>\n<p>4. Select the proxy mesh and from the X-Ray Window click on the Mask button\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/cgelementary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cgelementary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"28\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5055 alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. You can now bake the proxy mesh.6. To make sure the result is viewed correctly you can press the Update Shader button <a href=\"http:\/\/cgelementary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UpdateShader.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cgelementary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/UpdateShader.jpg\" width=\"86\" height=\"32\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5057 alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>7. After that, you can change the intensity and <span><span data-dobid=\"hdw\">coverage of the shadow area by clicking on SRamp button <a href=\"http:\/\/cgelementary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sramp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cgelementary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sramp.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"28\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5058 alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":491,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[132],"class_list":["post-5053","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-basics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/5053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/491"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5053"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/5053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5513,"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/5053\/revisions\/5513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cgelementary.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fknowledgebase_cat&post=5053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}