123456 opened this issue on May 31, 2004 ยท 7 posts
123456 posted Mon, 31 May 2004 at 8:17 AM
I'm using P5SR4 under WinXP and I'm getting complete black rendered screens on some of my images. It happens under both P4 and FF rendering when I have the cast shadows option checked. I have plenty of room on my HD and lighting power and angels are fine. Any ideas?
gmadone posted Mon, 31 May 2004 at 11:55 AM
The shadow camera may reveal the answer to your query.
jobcontrol posted Mon, 31 May 2004 at 12:27 PM
Do you use an enclosure around your scene, like a room? This could shadow your entire scene. Willy
123456 posted Mon, 31 May 2004 at 1:40 PM
Silly me. It seems it was the room walls after all. After I deleted them was well. I guess playing with shadows and obstacles it more tricky than it seems. Ow well another coplex issue to deal with in poser....
lhiannan posted Mon, 31 May 2004 at 7:47 PM
Actually, not too complex to deal with... Just click the room walls, go to Object-Properties from the Menu Bar (Or Double Click on the room walls, if you are feeling dexterous and brave)and unselect "Cast Shadows".
123456 posted Mon, 31 May 2004 at 9:27 PM
Thanks. That sounds like something that might just work. I was actually choosing the light itsleft and unchecking cast shadows.... Alot of help did that do me :-). Silly me.
jobcontrol posted Tue, 01 June 2004 at 2:21 PM
123456: If you uncheck the "cast shadows" box in the light this light won't cast ANY shadows at all. But you probably need shadows within your scene for realism. Lhiannan's idea keeps the walls from shadowing your scene but leaves the feature on for the light and hence for any other shadow casting body. Willy