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  • Trying to add object with shadow to AE

    Posted by Jim Mcnally on March 12, 2015 at 1:55 pm

    I’m struggling to add a C4D file with a shadow catcher into an AE scene. I’m sure it was working before I updated recently but maybe I’m just doing it wrong.

    I’m running AE 13.2.0.49 and C4D Lite 16.028

    I’ve attached a screen grab from C4D where it renders out fine and one from AE where it doesn’t. I’ve used four layers in a multi-pass; top is ambient occlusion, then object buffer setup enabled to the compositing tag for my text, then an RGBA layer and finally a shadow layer. I have set the work space to sRGB and selected linearize and working in 32bit. I’ve tried 16bit as well and same problem.

    Somehow with this setup I’m losing the solid of my object. Can anyone offer any suggestions?

    Jim McNally
    The Commercial Factory
    http://www.commercialfactory.com

    Jim Mcnally replied 11 years, 2 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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  • Jim Mcnally

    March 12, 2015 at 3:52 pm

    It now appears that it’s the object buffer that is randomly changing. It shows up solid and then if I RAM preview or move the cursor it goes semi-transparent. Is this more a bug?

    Jim McNally
    The Commercial Factory
    http://www.commercialfactory.com

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