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Quick question, viewing shadows cast by HDRI?

SnowSultanSnowSultan Posts: 3,600
edited September 2020 in Blender Discussion

Hi. Can someone tell me if there's a way to display the shadows cast by an HDRI in Material Preview mode? I couldn't find an answer to this elsewhere, but it appears as if they're only visible in the rendered preview mode. Thanks for any information.

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  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    edited September 2020

    create a shadow catcher.

    Add a plane, scale it (edit mode probably better) to a few square metres - or larger if needed.

    In the object properties panel, find Visibility and check Shadow Catcher; that will allow you to catch ground shadows. If you want shadows elsewhere, then you can arrange it so it also gives the illusion of catching on the side of a building too.

    Oh, sorry, material preview; I don't believe so. Presumably becuase shadows aren't part of a material.

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  • PadonePadone Posts: 3,730
    edited September 2020

    Well eevee can't compute HDRI shadows, you need to bake them to probes. Then I don't know if the GI plugin can affect the viewport too.

    https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/128120/how-can-i-get-hdri-shadows-in-an-eevee-scene

    https://blenderartists.org/t/screen-space-global-illumination-for-eevee/1248355

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  • SnowSultanSnowSultan Posts: 3,600

    No problem nicstt, yeah I was just talking about being able to see the shadows while working in order to adjust the light direction.

    Padone, I was using Cycles, but I doubt it mattered since I was still in material preview mode. Thanks guys, guess they don't show until render.

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