• Adobe After Effects

  3D lights and shadows

  Posted by Jeff Cochran on July 9, 2005 at 3:34 am

  Hi

  I created a text layer in AE, added a camera and lights, and got some really nice shadows. Then I place a Photoshop element in the composition (Same Comp) appied all the same settings to the PSD layer, and can’t get any shadows.

  Dos anyone have any suggestions?

  Thanks in advance

  Jeff Cochran

  https://www.jeffcochrandigitalartist.com/

  Jeff Cochran replied 20 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Jeff Mullen

  July 9, 2005 at 4:27 pm

  Hello!

  On your photoshop layer, did you select the option “Cast Shadows” under material options?

  Cheers!

  -jeff mullen
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  Jeff Cochran

  July 9, 2005 at 6:15 pm

  Yes I did

  Jeff Cochran

  https://www.jeffcochrandigitalartist.com/
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  Derek Rose

  July 9, 2005 at 11:15 pm

  When you say that you applied the same settings, you mean that you didn’t forget to make the PSD a 3D layer and position it so that it is closer to the camera than the layer it is casting shadows onto, right? Just checking.
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  Jeff Cochran

  July 10, 2005 at 4:31 am

  Right. I placed the PSD file in the same place as the text layer, made it a 3D layer, and turned the arrows down on materials for both layers, then made sure all settings were the same.

  Text layer cast a shadow, PSD layer didn’t

  Jeff Cochran

  https://www.jeffcochrandigitalartist.com/
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  Jeff Cochran

  July 10, 2005 at 4:39 am

  Never mind guys. I didn’t have the PSD file positioned on the z deminsion far enough away from the background. I have a beautiful shadow now.

  Thanks for the feed back. Your comments helped me figure it out.

  Thanks again

  Jeff Cochran

  https://www.jeffcochrandigitalartist.com/

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