• Maxon Cinema 4D

  casting shadows withoug “objects”

  Posted by Alex Mcmurray on September 14, 2013 at 12:15 am

  I am preparing a short video title sequence with the camera tracking along a footpath, with the camera pointing at the footpath.
  I would like shadows of trees cast onto the footpath and any objects, without the need to create trees for the light to go through.
  Is there any way to project shadows in some way, maybe a transparent plane with a map of trees?
  It is not something I have thought of before, and it is new territory to me.

  Alex Mcmurray replied 13 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Adam Trachtenberg

  September 14, 2013 at 1:06 am

  Yes, you could use a plane with alpha-mapped trees.
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  Alex Mcmurray

  September 14, 2013 at 7:51 pm

  Great, thanks.
  Am now experimenting.

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