Black_Star opened this issue on Aug 24, 2004 ยท 7 posts
Black_Star posted Tue, 24 August 2004 at 6:47 AM
Hy there! Another simple question : how do I cast shadows in Poser renderings? So far , I haven't casted any shadow in a Poser render , and was a time in wich I was thinking that is impossible.It is so? In conclusion , how do I load a background , reposition it as the ground , or as a table and then cast on it the shadows of a model that lies over? Best regards!
maxxxmodelz posted Tue, 24 August 2004 at 7:00 AM
Have you read your manual? If not, then you might wish to for avoiding future problems. The answer is to make sure you have something to cast a shadow on... for instance, the ground plane. Then make sure your lights have "cast shadows" enabled, and also that "cast shadows" is enabled in your render settings.
Tools : 3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender
v2.74
System: Pentium QuadCore i7, under Win 8, GeForce GTX 780 / 2GB
GPU.
xantor posted Tue, 24 August 2004 at 7:25 AM
Also, make sure that the lights are in a position to cast the shadows i.e. above the scene.
That isnt a joke, someone before couldnt get shadows because the lights had accidentally been moved below their ground plane.
Message edited on: 08/24/2004 07:28
Kristta posted Tue, 24 August 2004 at 8:29 AM
The most important thing is to remember to make sure the Ground Plane does not cast shadows. I was having this problem. My ground plane cast shadows and then the shadows under my character didn't show up. I also find that if a scene has too many lights, I can't work very well with the lighting. I started out with using just one and now I'm up to three in an image. Kristta
gmadone posted Tue, 24 August 2004 at 10:06 AM
Attached Link: Shadows
P4 or P5? This might work anyway.
BronwynC posted Tue, 24 August 2004 at 6:30 PM
Thank you for the link gmadone.
Black_Star posted Sun, 29 August 2004 at 5:31 AM
Thank you all! Best regards!