From: Abey George To: 3DSMAX@Engram.net <3DSMAX@Engram.net> Subject: shadows without illumination Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 7:19 AM Hi all Wow Those tips on getting shadows without illumination were great.. Is there any way to do the same for animations...ie..render one sequence without shadows and the other with and then composite the two? Thanks Abey If I understand you correctly you can try the following: You can render an explicit shadow pass. Render you scene without shadows and use this as the background files. Next assign a matte/shadow material to everything in the scene don't chec= k Opaque Alpha and make sure that recive shadows and affect alpha is on. Now you get the shadows in the alpha channel and con compose it over your image. Frank Lenhard Animation/Postproduction franky@mediaproject.de http://www.mediaproject.de ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:56:37 -0700 From: Glenn Easley To: "3EngramDigital Max list (E-mail)" <3DSMAX@EngramDigital.com> Subject: RE: shadows please, no thanks on the light Message-ID: <231926880B72D311836D0060B03C1B5B0198D0@SEA-NTMX-2> It's very easy in Max 3. Create a light with 0 intensity. Turn shadows on and set the density to -1. Change the shadow color to white. This gives you a light that casts shadows but does not illuminate. -- Subscribe/Unsubscribe at: http://mail.engram.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/3DSTUDIOMAX List courtesy of http://www.Engram.net