• Adobe After Effects

  Masking light?

  Posted by Lisa Simonson on October 24, 2012 at 1:52 am

  Hi everyone,

  I have a character in my comp which only needs a spotlight. The rest of the scene has ambient light. Is it possible to have the character accept only the spot in the comp without the ambient? Or do I have to nest a comp for that effect.I thought masking the light would work but not able to do that.

  Thanks

  Lisa Simonson replied 13 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Vishesh Arora

  October 24, 2012 at 6:51 am

  Lisa

  Just Precomp your Character with the Spot Light.

  Now if you make your Precomp 3D, it will accept the ambient light.

  So to get rid out of that , Press “A” twice after selecting your precomp and them Turn Off your Accept lights.

  Vishesh Arora
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  Lisa Simonson

  October 24, 2012 at 6:53 pm

  Aaaahhhh!That is a great simple solution. I always tend to take the difficult route, thanks a bunch

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