From: Kevin Tan To: 'Derek Elliott' Cc: '3DSMAX@engram.net' <3DSMAX@engram.net> Subject: RE: How to get really dark shadows? Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 8:41 PM Thanks for the help Derek. Unfortunately, it doesn't work because anything put behind a matte material is going to be invisible. I have found a better way, by copying the light that is shadow casting and Excluding all objects except those I want shadow casting (I only excluded illumination). Next, I made that light a little stronger in Intensity (about 3). I got what I wanted! On Monday, March 13, 2000 11:34 PM, Derek Elliott [SMTP:derek.elliott@senecac.on.ca] wrote: > Kevin Tan wrote: > > > Thanks guys for helping me on my two previous questions. I am looking > > through the manuals (R2.5) and it doesn't seem to say how I can make > > shadows darker. I have a scene in which I need the shadows to be really > > noticeable and I don't care whether it is artistically correct or > > physically correct. How can I do it? Thanks for the advice. > > Kevin, > > Off the top of my head for a Monday morning, you could make a duplicate of > the object that is accepting the shadows and apply a matte/shadow material > to it. In the matte/shadow material you can adjust the darkness and the > color. > > Just remember to take off the receive shadows on the original opaque object > otherwise you'll get two shadows. -- Subscribe/Unsubscribe at: http://mail.engram.net/guest/RemoteListSummary/3DSTUDIOMAX List courtesy of http://www.Engram.net