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Subject: Shadow catcher

RadioGuy opened this issue on Sep 15, 2007 · 6 posts
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RadioGuy ( ) posted Sat, 15 September 2007 at 6:49 PM · edited Sun, 28 July 2024 at 7:57 PM

Hi All:

How would I do the following: 

  I have a backdrop (stactic)  showing a building with a sidewalk.  I have one character positioned to look like its on the sidewalk.  

How would I make a ground plane to just catch the shadows from the character giving the illusion he is actually on this backdropped side walk.  Or is there a way to cast shadows on the back drop?

Cheers

bwtr ( ) posted Sat, 15 September 2007 at 9:03 PM

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Have a look in the Help. It should have the answers.

bwtr

ShawnDriscoll ( ) posted Sat, 15 September 2007 at 10:38 PM

What kind of lighting?  Outdoor distant lighting?  If so, insert an infinite plane in your scene and edit its shader by changing its Top Shader from Multi Channel to Lighting Models > Shadow Catcher.  Tell your lights to use soft shadows for added affect.

www.youtube.com/user/ShawnDriscollCG

RadioGuy ( ) posted Sun, 16 September 2007 at 12:48 AM

Thanks for the tips.  I  was waiting for the new C6 manual.  Didn't realise the shadowcatcher feature was from the C5 version.     I just went thru Marks Tuts and my brain is on overload with all the goodies available.      I guess I"ll  roll up my sleaves and dive into the PDF

Cheers

 

bwtr ( ) posted Sun, 16 September 2007 at 1:57 AM

My screen grab was from the C6 Help.

bwtr

RadioGuy ( ) posted Sun, 16 September 2007 at 1:56 PM

Thanks bwtr.   Spending my Sunday reading through the PDF now.

Cheers

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