shadows in director mx?

[mickybhai webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

does director mx support shadows?

if not what is the best way of creating shadows.Please let me know.

[Agustín María Rodríguez]

"mickybhai" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> does director mx support shadows?
>
> if not what is the best way of creating shadows.Please let me know.

You can program your own projective shadows:

[url]http://www.noisecrime.com/develop/techdemo/dmx/shadowmapping11.htm[/url]

Or you can use a flat model:

[url]http://www.theburrow.co.uk/d85/tuts/shadows01.htm[/url]

Another possibility it´s to bake the shadows into the textures with 3D
MAx 5´s render to texture. However, this only would worl for static shadows.

Good luck,
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