topic Re: shadows in LW fly through in Visualization

shadows in LW fly through

Anonymous — Thu, 11 May 2023 10:30:42 GMT

I need advice on shadows in LW movie.
Made a fly through a flat but have no shadows showing.
So all the furniture appears to be floating. It looks great when I render an image but can't find any settings for shadows for a walkthrough...
HELP!!!

Re: shadows in LW fly through

Dwight — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:04:08 GMT

There are several possibilites why you have no shadows:

1: Shadow casting is not enabled.

2: You have no direct lighting to cast shadows. Is the sun on?

3: All of your light sources are General Lights. they don't cast shadows.
4: What is the lighting scheme?

More, but need to see image first.

Re: shadows in LW fly through

Dwight — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:09:37 GMT

Further: what version?

Can you contrast the correct look with the shadowless one?

Re: shadows in LW fly through

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:46:40 GMT

I'm on AC10. Have shadows enabled and they work in photo rendering.

I don't want to have sun shadow 'cause I'm doing a movie so it may look bad in some rooms - depending on orientation.

The light cones are showing but make no shadows...

Re: shadows in LW fly through

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:54:39 GMT

And further: They ARE mostly General Lights and my lamps are set up to small cones - just to add to ambient...

COOL, didn't notice before that General Lights have no shadow settings - Thanks - will try again and let you know...