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Motion 4 Shadows – Casting on plane without image?
Hi. Been searching around and can’t find this specific issue.
I’m composting a scene in Motion 4 where I’m trying to get realistic shadows over a video background. I have a locked down shot of a boardwalk as a background. I have this still image of a gnome cut-out that I have run from far back in the scene up to the foreground. I added a light to get 3D shadows, and I used a map graphic placed where the ground is on the video to give me a reference plane for the gnome to run on. The shadows only show when I have the graphic in the shot.
Is there a way to lose the graphic and keep the shadows, so it looks like the shadow is in the ground of the video?
Here are examples:
Without the image
[IMG]https://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=542&pictureid=3791%5B/IMG%5DWith Image
[IMG]https://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=542&pictureid=3790%5B/IMG%5DThanks
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2 Replies
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Sure. Just select your graphic and in the Inspector, in the Shadows section, set it to “Shadows Only”
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Mark Spencer
Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
Apple-certified Master Trainer
Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
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That’s the ticket Mark! I didn’t even notice a “Shadows” menu.
Thank you.
8 Core Mac Pro
9 GB 667 Mhz DDR2 FB-DIMM
MOTU Traveler Firewire Interface
Mac OX 10.4.11 TigerMy Music: http://www.humboldtmusic.com/chadjohnson
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