Shadows only

[Simon Edmondson]

A couple of years ago, someone kindly pointed me to an info file which dealt with "shadows only" rendering. I used it but in the interim have been distracted by many things. I recently reorganised the house and, when I went to get it it again couldn't find it ( it was a big change around ! ).

 

The file described the basic wok flow behind using shadows only and then compositing in AM. I think it was part of the official documentation (?).

 

Could someone kindly point me to the files again, or a good description of the method used?

 

Thank you very much.

regards

simon

[robcat2075]

This is not a complete description of what's available but this may get you started.....

 

http://www.hash.com/forums/index.php?showt...l=shadows++only

[Simon Edmondson]

Thank you very much I shall follow it up now.

regards

simon

[Simon Edmondson]

Rob

 

I think I've got it now.

 

Can I just check.

When the shadows have been rendered to seperate files,

 

Do you turn the options of afterwards to render the objects without shadows ?

 

regards

simon

[robcat2075]

When the shadows have been rendered to seperate files,

 

Do you turn the options of afterwards to render the objects without shadows ?

 

you mean the ground?

 

I guess you'd have to turn "shadows" off too, or set the object to not cast shadows.

 

There's probably a thousand different ways to need this separate shadow stuff, what you do and what you get depends on how you will be putting it together.