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title: "Render Holdouts in Blender"
canonical: "https://rmanwiki-27.pixar.com/space/RFB27/544639651/Render%20Holdouts%20in%20Blender"
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To enable holdouts, first select the object you want to holdout, and in the object properties > Macro (inline-media-image)

, set Hold-Out to Yes:

![image](media://8afa951a-afc0-413d-ab1e-bdda450d6949)

Next, in the render properties > Macro (inline-media-image)

, change Render Holdouts to either In Alpha or Separate AOV.

![image](media://12d4a30f-5343-4274-9686-556bcfbda834)

Selecting Alpha will put the holdout into the alpha of the beauty image, Separate AOV will output a separate image.

Here's an example render:

![image](media://755a887f-fa8b-4518-b78f-81e120201eca)

## About Holdouts

> Macro (include)