<s>
Cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
is	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Jonah	O
Friedman	O
and	O
Andy	O
Jones	O
at	O
Psyop	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
synonymously	O
for	O
the	O
specific	O
style	O
of	O
image	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
or	O
other	O
software	O
working	O
alike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Owing	O
to	O
its	O
ubiquity	O
,	O
integration	O
into	O
popular	O
3D	O
graphic	O
software	O
and	O
rather	O
easy	O
usability	O
,	O
Cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
became	O
a	O
quasi	O
standard	O
in	O
the	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ID	O
matte	O
has	O
a	O
very	O
distinctive	O
look	O
and	O
itself	O
is	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
images	O
are	O
in	O
general	O
very	O
colourful	O
assigning	O
each	O
object	O
or	O
material	O
a	O
different	O
random	O
colour	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
images	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
by	O
various	O
3D	O
graphic	O
programs	O
like	O
Blender	B-Application
,	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
,	O
Autodesk	B-Language
3ds	I-Language
Max	I-Language
or	O
Houdini	B-Application
and	O
are	O
usually	O
exported	O
using	O
the	O
OpenEXR	B-Application
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whether	O
a	O
program	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
generate	O
a	O
cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
or	O
not	O
is	O
determined	O
by	O
the	O
used	O
render	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
program	O
supports	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
render	O
engine	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
generate	O
cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
images	O
with	O
one	O
engine	O
while	O
being	O
unable	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
with	O
the	O
other	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
had	O
no	O
option	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
image	O
before	O
version	O
2.80	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
version	O
2.80	O
only	O
the	O
path-tracing	O
render	O
engine	O
„Cycles	O
”	O
supported	O
creating	O
a	O
cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
while	O
the	O
newly	O
added	O
real-time	O
render	O
engine	O
„Eevee	O
”	O
did	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
support	O
to	O
create	O
cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
images	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
Eevee	O
with	O
version	O
2.92	O
that	O
was	O
published	O
on	O
February	O
25	O
,	O
2021	O
one	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
years	O
after	O
Eevee	O
was	O
first	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
render	O
engines	O
are	O
known	O
to	O
support	O
creating	O
cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
images	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Render	O
engine	O
name	O
Shipped	O
with	O
Added	O
with	O
version	O
ArnoldCryptomatte	O
Shader	O
docs.arnoldrenderer.comSolid	O
Angle	O
ships	O
Arnold	B-Application
5.2.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
23	O
,	O
2018	O
Autodesk	O
3ds	O
MaxAutodesk	O
Maya	B-Language
Arnold	B-Application
5.2	O
Cycles	O
Blender	B-Application
Blender	B-Application
2.80	O
Eevee	O
Blender	B-Application
Blender	B-Application
2.92	O
Mantra	O
Houdini	B-Application
Houdini	B-Application
16.5	O
KarmaKarma	O
Renderer	O
FAQs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SideFX	B-Application
Houdini	B-Application
Houdini	B-Application
18.5	O
Modo	B-Application
renderer	O
/	O
mPathFoundry	O
ships	O
Modo	B-Application
14.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
Modo	B-Application
Modo	B-Application
14.2	O
RedshiftRedshift	O
Version	O
2.6.11リリースノート	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
12	O
,	O
2018	O
Cinema	B-Device
4D	I-Device
(	O
CPU-only	O
)	O
Redshift	O
2.6.11	O
3DelightChangelog	O
-	O
3DELIGHT	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DNA	O
Research	O
Katana	O
3Delight	B-Application
1.7.32	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
(	O
Movie	O
Render	O
Queue	O
)	O
Movie	O
Render	O
Queue	O
Render	O
Passes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epic	O
Games	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
4.26	O
Radeon	O
ProRenderAMD	O
ships	O
Radeon	O
ProRender	O
3.1	O
for	O
Blender	B-Application
and	O
Maya	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
16	O
,	O
2019	O
After	B-Operating_System
Effects	I-Operating_System
17.0Adobe	O
ships	O
After	B-Operating_System
Effects	I-Operating_System
17.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
4	O
,	O
2019	O
Nuke	B-Language
13.0Foundry	O
ships	O
Nuke	B-Language
,	O
NukeX	O
,	O
Nuke	B-Language
Studio	O
&	O
Nuke	B-Language
Indie	O
13.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blender	B-Application
(	O
Compositing	O
Nodes	O
)	O
2.8	O
Houdini	B-Application
(	O
COP	O
)	O
16.5What	O
’	O
s	O
new	O
in	O
Houdini	B-Application
16.5	O
Side	O
Effects	O
Software	O
V-Ray	B-Application
(	O
V-Ray	B-Application
Frame	O
Buffer	O
)	O
5	O
Update	O
1Chaos	O
releases	O
V-Ray	B-Application
5	O
for	O
3ds	B-Language
Max	I-Language
Update	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
24	O
,	O
2021	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
Exr-IO	O
2.0New	O
:	O
Exr-io	O
2.00	O
with	O
cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
3D	O
scene	O
a	O
cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
image	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
that	O
assigns	O
a	O
unique	O
ID	O
to	O
each	O
object	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
workflow	O
would	O
be	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
image	O
to	O
generate	O
a	O
mask	O
that	O
itself	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
limit	O
an	O
effect	O
to	O
only	O
a	O
certain	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
goal	O
was	O
"	O
to	O
see	O
a	O
diverse	O
ecosystem	O
of	O
renderers	O
that	O
can	O
create	O
Cryptomatte	B-Operating_System
images	O
and	O
plugins	O
for	O
compositing	O
applications	O
to	O
decode	O
them	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
