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25/02/2011 13:52:47

hugmyster
hugmyster
Posts: 107 		Maybe I'm just not looking in the right place, but can you get true, opaque walls please - and a ceiling to match?

With some of the given ones, if you pop a light in and turn it on, it illuminates things outside the house!

Huggy
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25/02/2011 14:03:09

NeilExperimental userMuvizu staff
Neil
Posts: 396 		Have you tried setting the "individual shadows" option on the light in question. I think might give you the effect you're after.

In case you're wondering, the reason it's not checked by default is for performance reasons. It gets really slow if all the lights are like that.
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25/02/2011 15:01:42

hugmyster
hugmyster
Posts: 107 		Very much appreciated, Neil. I'll try that.

Is it worth creating a composition without the "Individual Shadows" options on and then turning them on for all the lights for the video creation? As you say, heavier load, but should be worth it I'd have thought.
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25/02/2011 15:09:22

NeilExperimental userMuvizu staff
Neil
Posts: 396 		hugmyster wrote:
Is it worth creating a composition without the "Individual Shadows" options on and then turning them on for all the lights for the video creation? As you say, heavier load, but should be worth it I'd have thought.



Depending on your scene and lighting, you probably wouldn't want / need to set them all to individual shadows, but it's definitely worth spending a little time experimenting with them before rendering your final movie.
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25/02/2011 16:35:59

mystoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
mysto
Posts: 471 		I'm not sure if this is the area to say this but reading these posts reminded me of a shadow issue I noticed while creating an animation.

When I was creating the Status Quo animation I noticed that everything in the scenes cast a shadow except for the instruments that the characters were holding. If you look at the Quo animation you can see the shadows of the characters playing guitar, but not the shadow of the guitars. Not a big deal but I thought it was worth mentioning.
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25/02/2011 16:38:41

glasgowjim
glasgowjim
Posts: 698 		Hi Mysto,

The no attachment shadows issue has been fixed and should be in the next release

Cheers,
-Jim
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25/02/2011 17:03:14

mystoMuvizu mogulExperimental user
mysto
Posts: 471 		Thanks Jim! It wasn't a big deal, just something I thought I'd mention. I'm looking forward to the next release! 64 bits, WOOHOO!
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27/02/2011 16:57:19

hugmyster
hugmyster
Posts: 107 		Actually it's because of characters in 'rooms' in a setup.

The rest of the setup has a blue, moonlight backdrop but the characters in the room would not have this blue effect.

Make sense?

(Probably not, knowing me!)
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