Visibility with shadows issue

[Michael Pickard]

Hi there,

 

I'm having issues with a render of mine. I'm trying to hide a forest created by forest pack but keep the shadows, but when i turn off the "visibility to camera" option i still seem to get the outline of the trees. (look at image attached)

 

Anyone know how to fix this?

 

 

Thanks

 

Michael

[James Vella]

in the object properties turn off "cast shadows", basically the trees are still there they are just not visibile from the cameras viewpoint.

 

If you want to just hide it just right click and select hide selection, this way the object settings are not affected - unless that is your intention

[Michael Pickard]

The issue is i do want the trees to still cast shadows on other objects. Also i turned off "visibility to camera" & "Cast shadows" and i still get the same issue?

[Francisco Penaloza]

Select the forest geometry, right click and uncheck visible to the camera and receive shadows. This last one will help to eliminate self-shadows for the trees.

That works for me.