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Shadows without a ground?

callmepaulcallmepaul Posts: 54
in The Commons

Hi, I am trying to achieve similar shadows than the ones I get when I use Dome environment but when using scene only. I know I can set Draw Ground to ON, but that doesn't seem to cast the shadows from Point Lines or Linear Point Lines. After much testing, I ended up finding someone here on the forums sharing some experiments showing the same results. Also, when I add a plane then I can see the shadows.

My question is, is there anything I can do to the plane to make it "invisible" and only cast the shadows as the ground would have?

I am quite new in here so excuse me if this is very basic.
Thanks a lot!

 

Comments

  • RobotHeadArtRobotHeadArt Posts: 917
    edited March 2017

    This tutorial shows how to create an invisible plane that catches shadows

    Post edited by RobotHeadArt on
  • callmepaulcallmepaul Posts: 54

    That is exactly what I needed, thanks a lot!

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,138

    Note that a linear point light is just a point light in Iray - you can't set arbitrary fall-off and start/end points in Iray, which is what the linear light offers.

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