• Adobe After Effects

  Shaping light

  Posted by Fministr on August 12, 2005 at 10:33 pm

  Is there any way to shape a spotlight to another shape besides a circle? I want to create the effect of light spilling through a doorway into the hall and casting a character’s shadow on the opposite wall.

  And I will be using a slight camera movement, so it does have to exist in 3D space.

  I have tried creating a solid in front of the light and masking out (subtracting) the square shape, but it doesn’t seem to occlude the light as I would expect it to. And yes, this physical solid is casting shadows.

  Thanks,
  Todd

  Dan Ebberts replied 20 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Dan Ebberts

  August 12, 2005 at 11:09 pm

  Try precomposing the shadow-casting layer and set its “Casts Shadows” property to “Only”.

  Dan

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