Video-Creating Shadow of a Animated Object the basic lesson for the 3d modeler animator and render that how to create shadows of the 3d model in 3d animation modeling software Maya. Shadows are symbols of realistic 3d modeling and 3 d animation without shadows you 3d modeling or 3d animation is incomplete it makes 3d modeling sensible and realistic. But shadows can be assigned to the lights which are shining the object and therefore for shadows of the 3d model there should be light first here in this 3d animation of 3d cartoon rocket model we have already assigned light to our model for rendering purpose and now we shall use those light for shadow creation. For complete 3d modeling, character setup, character rigging and 3d animation and rendering lesson watch our complete 3d modeling and 3d animation tutorial for modeling cartoon rocket in 3d modeling and animation software Maya. Well here you will quickly learn how to assign shadows to the object using light primitives in channel box in 3d modeling, 3d animation rendering software Maya.
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Steps:
- Open the out liner from the Window drop down menus in main menus and select outliner.
- Now in this out liner menu click Show > Show all, then select the front line which we renamed in last lessons.
- Open channel box by pressing ‘ctrl + A’ once and then put value ‘1’ in “Use Depth Map Shadow” to turn on the shadows.
- Then see the image in render view and you will find shadow from one side. If you want shadows like football ground i.e. from more than one side then select all the light from outliner and then turn on the Use depth map Shadow option in the channel box.
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