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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://4d4a01e9-056d-4157-9015-08b81dfc43e9)

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

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

![image](media://a450e2ed-95bf-47eb-8d42-7755b9745ada)

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://93a460a1-b850-4bfb-b17e-7320dff38de2)

## About Holdouts

> Macro (include)