![]() ![]() ![]() Not sure why I have the 8-bit still on my desktop computer. The missing effect is 8-bit and the current effect is in the Perspectives Effect folder and is 32-bit.I just looked at the effect and apparently: Now, I just got an email saying my image had been approved by moderators.? Shouldn't it say "image is pending moderator approval" instead of "forbidden"? ![]() Sorry, I would like to post an image of the pop-up warning, but the forum editor says that the image file type I'm trying to upload is forbidden. or even more perplexing, have an "older" version of it? how could I have possibly "lost" this effect on my laptop. Drop Shadow, to my knowledge, is a native effect. When I load a current project on my laptop, I get a warning that says I need to go Download the missing effect: Drop Shadow. Here’s a gif of my final video, I added some color and motion tracking because the base footage wasn’t shot with a tripod.I am using the latest AE on two different machines (desktop and laptop when away from office). Here I didn’t notice that my image was accepting lights until I moved the light in front of it. Switching to different camera views is a good way to get a better feel of your light’s position and length of the shadow. The next step is to move around the light in 3D space until your shadow starts to mimic the shadows from the video. You want your shape layer to accept shadows but not lights and you want the animation layer to cast shadows and accept lights. Before you move it around, change a couple of settings on the shape and animation layer. Once everything looks lined up, change the blending mode on the rectangle to multiply. Flipping camera modes to top and side lets you place the element right against the rectangle at a 90 degree angle. I need to make sure my animation is directly on top of the rectangle and has 3D mode turned on as we fine tune it’s placement. I’ve started by rotating my rectangle 90 degrees at the X-axis and then tweaking its placement so it looks like its sitting on top of the ground. The goal is for this white rectangle to sit where the ground is and have the cartoon directly on top. I set my lens to 35mm because thats what I shot the lower layer at. The general concept of this technique is that we are going to setup a virtual light to mimic the sun and a shape layer to accept the shadow, so you’ll first want to add a shape layer, draw a white rectangle with the shape tool and then make sure the layer is in 3D ![]() Click any of the images below for larger view. This effect is best if you use bottom layer footage with well defined shadows, I’ve chose this midday short shadow shot that I will drop a little looping cartoon on top of. This trick can give your video a nice cohesiveness and add an easy 3D effect to a flat object. You can use the Blending Options settings for powerful and flexible control over blending operations. Step 11: Or you can also give drop shadow from Effect & Preset option, which is present in the right section. Adding a shadow to a 2D element in After Effects helps sell a 3D effect.ĭrop a shadow from a 2D element in After Effects and match it up with the existing shadows of a piece of footage. In addition to the layer styles that add visual elementslike a drop shadow or a color overlayeach layer’s Layer Styles property group contains a Blending Options property group. Select the text layer and go to the Effect option, which is at the top of the work area of adobe after effect, a drop-down list will open, go to Perspective, again, a drop-down list will open. ![]()
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