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After Effects Pixelated Shadows
Hello folks,
Having a weird one, and google search is failing me. I’m using a light to cast shadows of different things onto a white background and some of the time, the shadows are coming out pixelated in full resolution. All layers are in 3D. I’ve tried adjusting the settings on the light itself, and adjusting the various settings in the material options of the object and the white background. The only thing that seems to help is to adjust the angle of the white background, but even then, it doesn’t go away completely, and I’d rather not animate the background every time an object moves. CS4, Mac OSX lion. Thanks for any help.
-Jessica
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5 Replies
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Maybe you set blending mode to Dissolve?
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If you’re using the Ray-traced renderer then it’s a case of noise – increase ray-trace quality to rectify the issue.
HTH
RoRKIntensive AE & Mocha Training in Singapore and Malaysia
Adobe ACE/ACI (version 7) & Imagineer Systems Inc Approved Mocha Trainer -
Ray tracing in CS4? That exists?
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Make sure that you do not have any layers occupying the same, or close to the same space. After Effects uses a kind of a faux-3D that can get very confused when layers are close to coplanar.
The other thing you can try is going into Composition Settings > Advanced > Options… to the right of the “Renderer” selection menu and changing the Shadow Map Resolution. Usually a higher resolution will increase shadow quality, but if you’re not seeing the error at lower than full resolution you might also try a lower resolution here.
Darby Edelen
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[Mato Kokotic] “Ray tracing in CS4? That exists?”
I’ve been known, on occasions, to be ahead of my time. 😉
I’m sorry – my mind was faster than my ‘thoughts’ were; when I replied. 😉
Cheers
RoRKIntensive AE & Mocha Training in Singapore and Malaysia
Adobe ACE/ACI (version 7) & Imagineer Systems Inc Approved Mocha Trainer
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