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Hi,
to do shadow catching, you need to apply a shadow catcher lighting model (in
the shader). This is something we changed in Carrara 4. You don't want to
make the object invisible. The lighting model will do that for you (see the
documentation for more info on this)
Charles
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From: "Jasen Jacobsen" <jasenj1@(protected)>
To: <Carrara@(protected)>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 4:59 AM
Subject: [Carrara] C5: Problem with shadow catcher
> It's been awhile since I've done any Carrara-ing, so I could be forgetting
something but...
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> I tried to set up a simple shadow catcher in the C5 Std beta. Drop in a
shape, drop in a
> plane, make the plane invisible but receive shadows. Toss in a light.
Render. No shadows.
> Make the plane visible, shadow is cast from the shape.
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> This caught my attention because I was rerendering an old scene that uses
a shadow
> catcher and I saw that the shadows were not being caught.
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> Should I report this as a bug? Or am I forgeting something? Or missing
something new?
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> - Jasen.
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