Is there a way to render only masks?
I have a scene with lots of objects and sometimes I get into photoshop and realise that I am in need of an extra mask. I go back to C4D and add an Arnold Object Mask to the object and then re render but it seems to always render the beauty so it takes a long time when all I need is the mask.
I guess I am looking for a check box in the render settings that says "render masks only". Does this exist?
Or is there another way that I am missing?
Any guidance appreciated. Thanks.
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Try clearing the AOV checkbox
Wouldn't outputting a Cryptomatte be an option as well? This way you can select any object in the scene without any re-rendering at all
Currently beauty is always rendered in the Picture Viewer, even if you disable the AOV on the display driver. I see that rendering only specific AOVs without the beauty could be useful, so I try to add this to a future release.
The IPR renders only the selected AOV by default (without the beauty pass) if 'Render all AOVs' is turned off, so that could be a workaround for now?
If I use Render Queue, it renders without the beauty
C4DtoA | 00:00:01 731MB | render done in 0:01.583 C4DtoA | 00:00:01 731MB | [driver_exr] writing file `S:\Projects\c4d\output_diffuse.exr' C4DtoA | 00:00:01 732MB | [driver_exr] writing file `S:\Projects\c4d\output_specular.exr' C4DtoA | 00:00:01 671MB | render done
sorry for the delay...i got side tracked.
Not used Cryptomatte before but just had a quick play and I think that could work for me.
Thanks!