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  Hi there,

  I'm trying to render out a scene where I have used an area light and attached a texture as a gobo. I have setup the scene with some geometry and a plane with a RS Object tag so I can render the image with a transparent background whilst still displaying the effects of the gobo. I'd like to composite this in After Effects, however the gobo doesn't appear in the alpha channel when I go to render and I can't work out why.

  Screenshot 2026-07-08 at 17.09.jpg
  This shows what I'm trying to achieve in the alpha channel, however this is the RGB of the beauty pass.

  Screenshot 2026-07-08 at 17.14.jpg
  This shows the current alpha channel with a shadow matte applied to the plane. As you can see the detail of the gobo isn't visible here.

  Thanks in advance for any help.

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  As a 3d motion designer I'm looking for more ways to speed up my workflow and testing out Autograph. I'm currently looking at a project soon that will involve plenty of Particles and would like to see some particle work done in Autograph but unable to find what I am looking for as the software is pretty new.

  I'm looking for an image point cloud like setup that then disintegrates with the usage of noises or such. Kind of like this Redgiant Particular tutorial here:
  https://youtu.be/F2XBH-0c_Ww?si=hjc7ECts6GZWtHAc

  Does Autograph have acccess to Redgiant Particular or is that After effects only?
  Would love to see a similar plugin but with the GPU and multi core CPU usage of Autograph be a thing if so.

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  Hi task-reflection,

  Then I hope Insydium LTD has informed Maxon Tech Support. I fear they didn't, as I couldn't find any entry for 2026.0 with the term 'xpExplosiaFX', nor any recent entry for 2025.x

  I'm not even supposed to handle Tech Support questions, especially those that require developer attention.

  For over a year, I haven't received a single XP question here so that I couldn't justify the maintenance cost anymore. Insydium doesn't support people running a forum, as far as I am aware. In short, I'm sorry, I have no option but to confirm this problem.

  Please check directly with Tech Support.
  https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

  All the best

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  Hi,

  I understand this isn't the correct place to try and get a response from Maxon but I've filled in their contact form twice (over 2 weeks ago) and opened a support ticket, but I've still not had any replies..

  I need to talk to someone about the 40th Anniversary sale so it was a pressing matter, but now the sale has ended and I still haven't had any communication...

  PLEASE someone respond from the Maxon team!