rendering objects in a scene separately I know that it is possible to render diffrent parts of a scene in different layers but if the object that i am rendering on a specific layer is occluded by an object from another layer will the silhouette of the object still be visible since that part of my object is not visible in the render from the cameras perspective? If yes, is there any way to get around this?
You can use the Exclude Layer to remove a corresponding silhouette