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11-21-2004, 08:31 PM #1Registered User Promoted
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Trees won't shadow
Guess I'm not finding the right button, but my trees and plants won't produce shadows like everything else does. What'd I do wrong? I looked in Manual and CDs and coudln't find anything.
Can anyone give me a hand? Thanks,
Cameron
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11-21-2004, 08:46 PM #2
Cameron,
Most of tree and plants that are images will not produce shadows in render mode. If the plant is a symbol it will produce a shadow in render mode. The images will produce shadows in a raytrace view.
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11-22-2004, 03:59 AM #3
One thing I have done is to place a 3D tree in the middle of a tree image so I get the looks of the image and the properties of the 3D. You have to find 2 that go together. I think the one I used was an image of a tree with no leaves with the 3D with leaves. Looks like a tree in fall with most of the leaves gone.
Dennis Gavin CR, CKBR
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11-22-2004, 05:31 AM #4Registered User Promoted
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thanks Louis and Dennis. I'll try the 3-D/symbol combo to see how that works.
One of my issues is I'm trying to match the existing trees on the site.
Thanks,
Cameron
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11-22-2004, 06:43 AM #5Registered User Promoted
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they also need something to cast the shadow on...ie terrain needs to be built usually
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11-22-2004, 03:49 PM #6
and...
I've only used the xfrog trees, but here's something I found with them - they are like cardboard cutouts, so they only cast a good shadow if the sun is more behind the camera than not. If the sun is coming in from the side - you might think you don't have a shadow, when what you have is a very skinny one.
Wendy
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11-22-2004, 06:16 PM #7Registered User Promoted
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Wendy that is true as chief auto rotates the 2d image to face the camera, and as such the light source will sometimes be parallel to the symbol.... use the x-frog SYMBOLS rather than the x-frog images...they can be found at fixtures>Plants>~XfrogPlants...
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11-22-2004, 06:20 PM #8Registered User Promoted
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Do any of you guys (generic) know of places/sites that I can get a better variety of plants?
Cameron
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11-22-2004, 08:47 PM #9
Try his link http://www.kurtz-fernhout.com/products.htm
They are free downloadsLew Buttery
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11-23-2004, 04:29 AM #10
I love you man!
Thanks Tim,
You know, I posted this under "suggestions" - a request to maybe give the cardboard version a second piece, invisible to the camera but parallel to the sun... and I don't think I got any response at all. I'm glad I jumped in to this post or I never would have known about the symbols version. I had a couple of shots that I had to forego because of this. No more!
Wendy