would like to know about shadows

[willia41277]

hi
i wanted to know if we can apply shadows to a model. I have a file in which
i have a man standing and i have a light source as the sun . now i want to move
the light in various position such that i can get the shadows respectively as i
move the light. now is it possible to get shadows if yes plz tell me the way
would like to know.

thanking you

William.

[XariusCain]

Director lights cannot create shadows. If you're using 3D MAX to model your
scene, you can fake shadows by rendering the lighting and shadows onto the
textures using the "Render to Texture" feature of MAX and then export the
animated textures on the model.

[paul]

Here's an example of "baking" a shadow. I've put the shadow in the ground
shader's second index (multiplied), so I can move the shadow around. I've
seen examples of calculating where the light is coming from and mapping the
shadow dynamically, but that's a whole 'nuther step that I've yet to figure
out myself.
[url]http://www.videoideas.com/gallery/customer/astec/silo.htm[/url]
Fair warning, some of the older 3d cards, specifically ATI cards have
trouble with this. You can see a similar example of shadows here, but you'll
really need a good 3d card to run it. The shadow is on the rings of saturn.
[url]http://www.videoideas.com/gallery/customer/cso/solarsystem.htm[/url]
-paul-

"XariusCain" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Director lights cannot create shadows. If you're using 3D MAX to model

your

> scene, you can fake shadows by rendering the lighting and shadows onto the
> textures using the "Render to Texture" feature of MAX and then export the
> animated textures on the model.
>