Reply To: Hi Kent, I’m trying to make my own version of this shader, but I’m having trouble making it transparent.

Forum Archive Hi Kent, I’m trying to make my own version of this shader, but I’m having trouble making it transparent. Reply To: Hi Kent, I’m trying to make my own version of this shader, but I’m having trouble making it transparent.

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spikeyxxx
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    What I would do, is to swap out the Transparent Shader for a Holdout Shader. (you’ll have to enable Film > Transparent for the Holdout to work!) like so

    Then make another render without Transparent Film and without the monkey and composite it using an Alpha Over Node: