# Keep shadows and occlusion
**URL:** https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/keep-shadows-and-occlusion/4396
**Category:** Feature Request
**Tags:** nomadsculpt
**Created:** [November 6, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/keep-shadows-and-occlusion/4396 "2021-11-06T20:43:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@HATEDANGEL](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/HATEDANGEL)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/keep-shadows-and-occlusion/4396/1 "2021-11-06T20:43:15Z")
Seems useless , more for people who like to play with rendering in nomad and useful, The option to keep the shadows even if the object is 100% transparent would be useful for cgi renderers ,I think you will say “nomad was not made for rendering, but modeling” I know it 's difficult to program this I believe , but I hope that one day you think about this function .
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### Author:  [@stephomi](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/stephomi)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/keep-shadows-and-occlusion/4396/2 "2021-11-06T22:15:17Z")
You mean a shadow catcher? Maybe in the future.
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As for the inverse (casting a shadow from an invisible object) it’s possible.
Choose additive material and keep the opacity to 1.0.
The use « always unlit » and paint your model to fully black.
I don’t think that’s useful though.
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### Author:  [@HATEDANGEL](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/HATEDANGEL)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/keep-shadows-and-occlusion/4396/3 "2021-11-06T22:35:52Z")
ok 😃
I will try
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### Author:  [@Costorella\_Stefano](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Costorella_Stefano)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/keep-shadows-and-occlusion/4396/4 "2021-11-07T07:42:42Z")
it’s work and always unlit not necessary. A little extra tip you can also vary the intensity of the projected shadow by first choosing blending mode by reducing the opacity and re-choosing additive;) It was certainly not planned but it works well.