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Can light in a precomp affect 3D objects in the main comp?
Hi there,
i have a precomp, which sits in a main comp. In the precomp, i have used some lights.
When i switch over to the main comp, i set the collapse transformation checkbox on, and yes, i see the lights working on objects of the precomp.Problem is, those lights (which sit in the precomp) do not affect other 3D objects in the main comp? (like for example a simple background solid which is switched to 3D in the main comp)
Am i doing something wrong here, or is this just not possible?Thanks in advance!
Levi -
3 Replies
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Hi Levi,
Can light in a precomp affect 3D objects in the main comp?
Short answer – NoWhen you hit the collapse transformations button you are actually telling AE
to ignore the lights and camera in your pre-composition and expose the 3D attributes of
the precomposed layers to your main compositions camera and lights.So you should not be seeing your pre-compostions lights affect Anything
in your main composition including the precomposed layers.https://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7ed6a.html
-Andy
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Hi Andy,
thank you so much!
Have a nice week!cheers,
Levi -
So there isn’t anyway to get a light from a precomp to function in a main comp and interact with other 3d objects?
I’m trying to make a top-down view of a car with head lights interact with other cars with head lights. In short, I was planning on making one precomp with the base car with its lights attached and then comping numerous of these complete cars together so that I can move them around and have the pre-attached head lights illuminate each other.
Is this possible?
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