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  • No Shadows in Element 3D Raytrace

    Posted by Don Jobs on January 21, 2017 at 7:14 pm

    Hello,

    please help me. I have this simple scene in After Effects 2015 CC, with Element 3D v2.
    I have created a simple sphere and plane scene (for a test) with one spot light and turned on shadows (light and material) but still there is no shadow at all.

    My card is gtx 1070, I did added it in AE CUDA list manually, and I have it turned on in the preview settings.

    Could someone please download the file and let me know if the shadow is on?

    Thank You so much!

    Best,
    Don

    10974_e3dnoshadows.aep.zip

    Don Jobs replied 9 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 6 Replies
  • 6 Replies
  • Jim Scott

    January 21, 2017 at 7:25 pm

    I opened your project in AE CC2014 and the shadow is on and working.

  • Don Jobs

    January 21, 2017 at 7:37 pm

    Thanks a lot Jim!!! ????

    So, now what should I do…. hm… I really don’t get it… Do you have any idea? I mean everything is working fine, no crashing no bugs or errors, just NO SHADOWS! hm ☺

    Thanks again!

  • Jim Scott

    January 21, 2017 at 7:51 pm

    Sure thing. I wish I could help more. Have you tried setting the Ray tracing to CPU? I have a 980Ti and was unable to get it to work with AE so I am just using the CPU. I’m on a Mac too, if that makes a difference.

  • Don Jobs

    January 21, 2017 at 7:56 pm

    Well that’s a great card 980Ti, I’m not sure why it doesn’t work.

    Yes, I tried CPU still no shadows. I am downloading new nvidia drivers and we’ll see.

    Thanks a lot!

  • Don Jobs

    January 21, 2017 at 8:07 pm

    Still not working with updated drivers or CPU…

    …if someone knows what could be the problem please help.

    Thanks!

  • Don Jobs

    January 22, 2017 at 9:35 am

    Ok, it’s nvidia drivers…. I’ve installed the older version 372.90 and now it’s working! yey 😉

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