EEVEE shadow catcher with reflections material

Get around the problem of EEVEE’s lack of shadows/reflection catcher, and finally get your models to be much more realistically integrated with your HDRI environment. Also results in correct alpha channels for compositing over a different background in comp

FAQs

Can I save the alpha for compositing in another sofware?

Yes, set the film to transparent in the render settings and save as an alpha supporting format such as .png.

Can I have just shadows? 

Yes.

Can I have just reflections?

Yes, by turning off the shadows on the lights

Does it work without a hdri?

Yes, set a solid colour in the world shader editor:

without transparency:

Documentation:

A short tutorial on how it works can be found here: https://youtu.be/BYtDJLCFdw4