half transparent Matte Object

Krakatoa for 3ds Max
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hi folks,
is it possible to get a half transparent Matte Object, that occluded particles are still seen? i´d like to render a particle stream floating around an semi transparent column.

cheers cruzifer

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You can use the OccludedLayer render element to get the particles that are behind a matte object. Then in your compositing tool of choice, merge the normal render output over the geometry over the OccludedLayer output.

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There is no way to get this to work perfectly unfortunately since this is a fundamental problem with the whole, matting/hold-out method.

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thanks darcy,
i allready did it the same way you discribed :wink:

cheers cruzifer