How to create Shadow chatcher BluePrint in UE-5.4?

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How to create Shadow chatcher BluePrint in UE-5.4? plese anybody guide me

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  1. Create a new material and name it M_ShadowCatcher.
  2. Set the Material Domain to Surface, Blend Mode to Masked, and Shading Model to Unlit.
  3. Set the material to be Two-Sided.
  4. Add a Constant node (set to 0) for the Opacity Mask input.
  5. Add a ShadowPassSwitch node, set Default Value to 1 and Shadow Pass to 0, then connect it to Base Color.
  6. Save the material.
  7. Create a Blueprint Actor and name it BP_ShadowCatcher.
  8. Add a Plane Static Mesh component to the Blueprint and apply the M_ShadowCatcher material.
  9. Add a Light Source in the scene, ensuring Cast Shadows is enabled.
  10. Place the BP_ShadowCatcher Blueprint in your scene and test the shadows.

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Hello, sorry but, what is this supposed to do exactly?
By setting the opacity to 0, this ensures that the shadowcatcher plane or whatever you’re using won’t actually render?
Am I confused somehow?
Thanks.