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DeepHoldout

DeepHoldout removes or fades out samples in the main input that are occluded by samples in the holdout input. Unlike the DeepMerge node, DeepHoldout produces a flattened output image that’s no longer in deep format.

Inputs and Controls

Connection Type	Connection Name	Function
Input	holdout	The deep image with the occluding parts.
Input	main	The deep image to remove or fade samples from.

Control (UI)	Knob (Scripting)	Default Value	Function
DeepHoldout Tab
create matte only	matte	disabled	When enabled, DeepHoldout only outputs an alpha matte of the main input with holes where objects in the holdout input have occluded parts of it. You can then merge this over your RGB footage with the Merge node’s mask mode. The final result is your image with holes punched out where occlusion has occurred. When disabled, DeepHoldout outputs your main RGB image with holes where the objects in the holdout input have occluded parts of it, and an alpha channel for that image.

Control (UI)

Knob (Scripting)

Default Value

Function

DeepHoldout Tab

create matte only

matte

disabled

When enabled, DeepHoldout only outputs an alpha matte of the main input with holes where objects in the holdout input have occluded parts of it. You can then merge this over your RGB footage with the Merge node’s mask mode. The final result is your image with holes punched out where occlusion has occurred.

When disabled, DeepHoldout outputs your main RGB image with holes where the objects in the holdout input have occluded parts of it, and an alpha channel for that image.