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RailClone => RailClone Pro (*) => Topic started by: Terri Brown on April 25, 2017, 07:53:43 AM

Title: No shadows through RC object
Post by: Terri Brown on April 25, 2017, 07:53:43 AM
Hi guys,

Seems like my sun isn't casting any shadows through my woven ceiling RC object. Please see image attached. It seems to me that there should definitely be small square-like shadows on the floor everywhere. I am using a Vray Dome Light with HDRi map (Peter Guthrie sky - gamma at 0.75).

Thanks
Title: Re: No shadows through RC object
Post by: Rokas on April 25, 2017, 08:50:06 AM
try directional light without area shadows. then You will have those squares. hdri blurs source of light and thus shadows
Title: Re: No shadows through RC object
Post by: Terri Brown on April 25, 2017, 10:25:49 AM
Ooof really? Surely there's a way to use an HDRi with RC? It casts shadows well with any other object I use. I know it's usually quite a blurry source, but if you lower the gamma it sharpens the shadows.

I almost always only use HDRis to light all my scenes.
Title: Re: No shadows through RC object
Post by: Rokas on April 25, 2017, 10:41:18 AM
RC has nothing to do with shadows and hdri. use it as any other geometry.
(http://i.imgur.com/YGAvyWN.gif)
Title: Re: No shadows through RC object
Post by: Terri Brown on April 25, 2017, 12:38:36 PM
So you reckon it's more the distance of the RC object from the ground that's blurring the shadows too much? I will try enhance them with another light source in addition to the general hdri lighting