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Cast shadow problem!
Hi,
I have problem with my light casting shadows, in fact everything work fine before i put my precomped scene in screen mode over a background, then my shadow just disapear!Here screencap of the image.
In the precomp
Precomped over the BG
Whatever the layer mode I use, there’s no shadows.I have tried to precompose, collapse and have double check my settings for light and layer, everything look fine, since i have shadow in my precomp everything should be.
Any idea?
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8 Replies
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Got a screengrab of a timeline?
Is there a 2D layer in there somewhere?
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Hi Philippe,
If you have a project file, maybe some of us could play around with the settings to see what’s causing the problem.
-Jeff
Jeff Bonano
http://www.bonanoproductions.com“I want to have a cool quote at the bottom of my signature, just like everyone else on the cow forum!” -Jeff Bonano
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This is the timeline of the first picture, the precomp
this is the timeline were the shadow disapear.
note that the precomp is named “Light_ALL” and i have turned off some layers for the purpose.
Thank
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Yeah!!! there is the project file,
Seriously its weird, never see something like that.
Hope you can find something.
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I”ve tried everything!!! Even with no blending mode i have no shadow!
I should composite my scene differently, i know i can, but this problem make me curious, really.Thanks
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I have created another comp and put my elements in it and surprise, everything is working fine for no reason!
Anyway thank for the help.
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Here’s a page that describes what kinds of things can interfere with shadow casting.
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Thank Todd,
Very good help page, there a lot of thing that can interfere with shadow casting, good to know!But I have succeed by just copy all the elements in another comp and its now working! I cant see any difference with the problematic comp, it just a exact copy.
Thank anyway its was very informative!
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