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3D layers, shadows, and track mattes.
Okay, so, for the time being I’ve figured out a workaround, but for the sake of my understanding, I figured I’d post here anyway.
Now, I’m still learning After Effects, and ran into the following problem on a project. I’ve googled my brains out, and dug through posts here, but didn’t find anything specific to my problem, and didn’t really know what to search for that would lead me to the information that would explain my problem.
Here goes:
I’ve got the following layers:
Which produce this when the gray solid is on:
And this when the gray solid is off:
which is what I’m trying to accomplish, except for the fact that I can’t seem to get the text shadow to show up.
I assumed the shadow cast upon the gray solid by the text would factor into the black solid’s luma matte, but it doesn’t seem to, and I’m not sure I understand why.
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Is the black solid’s 3d switch enabled?
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Yup. Gray Solid, Black Solid, and Text layers are all 3D layers.
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And if it is, is Accepts Shadows enabled in its Material Options?
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Sure is.
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Heck, here’s the project. Only issue you’ll probably run into is not having the font I’m using (NeutraFace).
https://ownedgear.com/shared/SoonToBeWed.aep
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It seems the base layer in a luma matte must have a brightness value higher than pure black in order to receive a shadow – visibly, at least. Not sure that theory is sound on all levels, but this seems to work:
Try bringing up the luma level of your solid in Solid Settings by shifting the color up in brightness a tad.
The shadows will show up. They may be hard to see against transparency, but put in a solid below and you’ll see them.
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What I mean is they will darken as the base layer’s brightness is raised.
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Very interesting.
Thanks for the info! Glad I posted this. 🙂
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