AutoDesk Smoke :: Add Soft Shadows In 3D Text
Aug 27, 2013I'm trying to add a soft shadow in 3D text. I've succeeded in getting the shadow but can't find a what to soften... blur... the shadow. I m sure it's a button some where.
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AutoDesk Smoke :: 3D Soft Shadows - Render Errors
Jan 8, 2013How to get 3D Soft Shadows to work properly in Action with an ATI 5870? I'm getting massive render errors. The best way to describe it is it looks like Z buffer errors. Or in 3D when 2 polygons share the same plane. Lots of black jaggies across the whole frame.
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Mar 21, 2012Why is there a difference between the text from the soft fx and the text in action? If you look at the attached picture, the 3 lines look slightly different although they shouldn't. The first line was written inside the soft fx.
The second line, with an ugly outline, is the 3D text, and although it's the same font, it looks thinner here.
And the third line, which I think looks a little too soft, is with AA turned on in action.
So why can't I achieve the same look in action, as in the text soft fx?
Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP4
and
Smoke 2013 SP2 (Smoke Classic Keyboard Shortcuts)
Mac Pro 4,1
OS X 10.6.7
12 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
14 TB RAID (Areca)
AutoDesk Smoke :: Importing A Slate With Soft Text Effect From 2012
Feb 15, 2013This has happened repeatedly for me, importing a slate with soft text from 2012 corrupts my default library. I get-
"The following bins are corrupted: Default Library Choose recover or hit the Enter key to try and recover a backup version of the bins."
Recovering fails and I'm forced to hit cancel which let's me into the project with my media gone.
AutoDesk Smoke :: Hotkey To Add / Edit A Soft Effect?
Nov 24, 2011Is there a hotkey to add/edit a soft effect?
I know that the Euphonix panel we have has an edit soft effect button. But it doesn't add the effect as well. (plus you have to hit the "NAV" button to make it accessible)
Does this function already exist?
AutoDesk Smoke :: Soft Import In Paint - Local Copy
Apr 3, 2013I have a number of clips that were soft imported, then used in the paint module to remove some blemishes. I have since done a 'store local copy' on the original clips.
The painted clip still has the 'soft' indicator. How do I update the painted clip?
Is there a way to go into the history of the painted clip and replace the soft import with the local copy? Do I 'store local copy' on the painted clip?
3ds Max :: Soft Shadows In Mental Ray?
Nov 4, 2011Mostly work in VRay...can't figure out how to simulate the shadows from sunlight, where a window ledge casts a sharp shadow and a distant building casts a soft shadow.
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Sep 30, 2012I made a video tutorial on cutting out soft shadows in Photoshop that many of you may find useful.
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Apr 14, 2011I just installed the trial version of Maya 2012 on a new machine, and I'm playing around with the new Viewport 2.0 features. In the preview demo Autodesk showed that one of the new feature is soft edge shadows, but I can't find any way to activate them, the shadows in the viewport are jaggy and pixelated, even if I set the resolution of the shadow map to 2048. Increasing the filter works a bit, but that's the same as the old versions of Maya, so where is this new soft shadows feature?
Also, I would like to point out that I installed Maya 64bit on a very powerful machine, an i7 with 8 GB of RAM and a GeForce 480, but the performance in full screen are VERY DISAPPOINTING, especially when the Screen Space Ambient Occlusion is active, the framerate drops drastically. This machine can run games such a Crysis 2 in full HD at 60 fps, how come the Maya viewport is so slow?!
AutoDesk Smoke :: Orbiting 3D Text
Jan 13, 2014I have a video layer in Action with a ring of text orbiting around it. Unfortunately the text is not disappearing behind the video layer on the backside of the ring.
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It looks like there may be some sort of timing issue, so I've checked for slip and TW problems and found none. I've also checked for transitions on other axes that might cause a problem and see none. Is this a bug?
AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Use 3D Text With 3D Path
May 31, 2013I am trying to learn how to use 3D text with the 3d path. Is there any tutorials out there that I could read or video's I can watch?
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I've moved on... But for the life of me I can not find the option to set the justify for 3D Text. I thought I had done this before in action, but I can't find the option.
AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Add Emboss Effect To Text
Dec 13, 2012How to add an emboss effect to some text!?! I want to key this on top of a bg in batch.
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AutoDesk Smoke :: Copy Batch Fx Text To Other One?
Aug 7, 2012how can I copy a batch Fx Text, to other one, without changing the text file, in smoke 2012 ext2?
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It isn't done until it is finished.
AutoDesk Smoke :: How To Reveal Text Using Gmask And Blur
Jun 18, 2012I'm trying to reveal text using Gmask and Blur. When I apply the effects I get a dark edge around the text. I've tried the different key operators in the blur node but that's not working.
How can I adjust this?
AutoDesk Smoke :: Underline Placement In Text Editor?
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Have i missed something very obvious or is it broken?
In TextEdit i choose to make the text "plain" so i can save it as a UTF-8 but during the load of the textfile smoke "tells me" "Cannot open"
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Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP4
and
Smoke 2013 SP2 (Smoke Classic Keyboard Shortcuts)
Mac Pro 4,1
OS X 10.6.7
12 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
14 TB RAID (Areca)
AutoDesk Smoke :: Break In 3D Text Module From Action
Mar 21, 2012Is it possible to do a break in the 3D text module from action? Or do I have to create 2 3D text, if I want to have text in different lines?
Smoke 2012 SAP2 SP4
and
Smoke 2013 SP2 (Smoke Classic Keyboard Shortcuts)
Mac Pro 4,1
OS X 10.6.7
12 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
14 TB RAID (Areca)
AutoDesk Smoke :: Centering Text Within Entire Frame?
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AutoDesk Smoke :: Turning On Anti Aliasing For Text
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