Reflection Catcher and Light Catcher
Since there is a shadow catcher we also need a reflection catcher and a light catcher. They can be added as two checkboxes under the shadow catcher checkbox to enable/disable them. First of all is would be nice to have them in Cycles but it would also be nice to have them in Eevee.
I know that it is possible to build a reflection and light catcher by your own but I think that those two features would make the life for vfx artists a lot easier and since there is already a shadow catcher why not adding those two too?
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There is already a great and acknowledged feature request on devtalk for this. It also includes stuff like correctly colored shadows etc. Unfortunately the devs have been so occupied with working on 2.8 that they haven't done anything about it yet
I really hope that there will be another VFX heavy open movie like Tears of Steel
* @alf * what is devtalk?
* @thinsoldier * let me google it for you? (NO){attachment 1671341jpg}
Reflection catcher is critical for doing certain effect. (I work in film VFX and currently testing Blender for doing projects) There are work-arounds but clumsy and limited. Please add Reflection Catcher option like Shadow Catcher.
Any updates on this? Planned for 3.5 or 3.6?
This is a crucial idea!