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  Layer interaction problem in 2.5D Comp (Bug)

  Posted by Eric Goldstein on June 3, 2011 at 2:49 am

  Hi,

  I wrote last week about a lighting problem that occurred in a 2.5D project I’m working on. After trying many possible solutions that didin’t work, I found that it wasn’t lighting, but rather, as the camera moved, 2.5D objects I’d created (in this case a chair and a trailer), which were not intersecting with each other, would appear to intersect. This intersection looked like a dark shadow moving over the chair, but was actually the side of the trailer creeping over it as if I were moving the chair into the side of the trailer. This definitely some sort of bug, but I haven’t found any sort of work around. I’m including a current render of the project as a reference.

  Thanks for any help,

  Eric

  Eric Goldstein
  Giraffe Film Company
  Los Angeles
  er**@*********lm.com

  Eric Goldstein replied 14 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Anders Hattne

  June 3, 2011 at 9:08 am

  Would be interesting to see the project file. 3d can be quite complicated and from what your saying, I suppose you have precomposed 3d layers, with the collapse transform on. Maybe the objects are in different 3d spaces?

  Maybe this page has some solution?
  https://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7e3ba.html

  http://www.ardillamedia.com
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  Eric Goldstein

  June 3, 2011 at 11:41 am

  Hi Anders,

  Thanks for your thoughts. I have been playing with the layer order, but will look again based on the article you referenced.

  Best,

  Eric

  Eric Goldstein
  Giraffe Film Company
  Los Angeles
  eric@giraffefilm.com

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