transparent material render depth/ z-buffering

Support Lighting and Rendering
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Hi gurus

If I want to achieve the effect on the far right of this picture using a node setup is it
a. possible
b. possible you can please explain/ demonstrate an example node setup for me? :yes:
Essentially it’s so that you can’t see the back side of the model through the front side…

I believe it is something to do with render depth or z-buffering?


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any thoughts on this?

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Isn’t it easier to do this in post-production (= render it opaque and use a reduced opacity for that layer in compositing)?

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Thanks ikari, I’d like to trry and get the effect pre-production if possible.