Flashing Shadows
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Howdy...
I was just wanting to know if there was any fix for that flashing/'bugging out' shadows problem in avi export when the camera moves through complicated geometry. Is it a graphics card problem at all?
Thanks, and keep up the good work!
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No, it's a "native" SU glitch. There used to be a solution for it (in/until SU4 afaik) but due to some copyright issues it cannot be implemented in SU any more.
Try not to go into / out of shadows in the animation. -
Hi -Rich-.
Gai beat me to it. Pretty much what he said though, wishing they would fix this though, so annoying!
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Yeah, it really is a hassle to have the shadows disappear when walking through a model. Suddenly the whole thing goes flat...There is little point to having shadows if they make your animations look like they've come down with disco fever.
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It happens when you(the camera) passes under an object that is casting a shadow, or to put it another way, its when the camera passes through the shadow of another object.
If its a street scene then try and set the sun/shadows so that there's an 'unshadowed' section of road you can travel along.
If your going from the outside of a building to the inside then export the first section (outside) with the shadows on then export the second section (inside) with the shadows off. If you overlap the exports (Scene 1-5, Scenes 4-10) you can blend them in Adobe Premiere elements or similar.
Neither are solutions but as work around's go their OK.
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Ha - now if I could only convince the bosses to buy a Premiere suite just for SU videos...
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You don't need the full Premiere, just Premiere Elements its only £60 or you can buy it with Photoshop elements for about £100
Here's the Adobe website link:
http://www.adobe.com/products/psprelements/Just make sure its the new versions as a lot of stores have the older versions on the shelves, v6 for Photoshop Elements & v4 for Premiere Elements.
Also have a look at this post, it's a tutorial for using Premiere Elements with SU:
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=654 -
Cheers Paul much appreciated!
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