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title: "Render Holdouts in Blender"
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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://44201a71-0afd-405c-9855-2ce303c3efde)

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

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

![image](media://e35a3ca7-2aec-40a1-a315-c4dc9c70ae3c)

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://b8e63518-cfd6-42d9-8fbe-68d9b9a54ea4)

## About Holdouts

> Macro (include)