Shadows

TheRoger · Post by **TheRoger** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:28 pm

Is there a way that I can outer shadow hair, only on head layer? If it is, tell me how...

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:40 pm

Hello TheRoger

In the layer option(double click the layer) you get some shadow properties, you tried these?

GC

TheRoger · Post by **TheRoger** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:39 pm

Yeah, I tried, it only drops shadow in all area, and I nees in head only.

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:10 pm

you want the shadow on the head only or only the head casting shadows?

You can use mask, like I did for my monster so the head and arms cast a diffrent shadow on the body then the one cast on the background.

GC

F.M. · Post by **F.M.** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:30 pm

You can check-out Myles Moho tips from the links section at the Lostmarble's home page.

DK · Post by DK » Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:17 am

Look at the AS tutorial 6.5 under Effects. It shows you how to create a perspective shadow if that's what you are looking for.

EDIT: Sorry...GCharbs right on...using a mask would be the best way to create a shadow on the head area only.

Cheers
D.K

madrobot · Post by **madrobot** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:49 am

Another thing you could try is on the face shape, add shading, use a dark colour with low opacity, and tweak until it looks ok.

Quick, easy, no masking.
Not that I'm averse to masking but this might do the job with less messing about.

DK · Post by DK » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:09 am

Actually just thinking about this further. I would simply create a new hair shadow shape on the head under the hair layer, give it some alpha and a nice shadow colour. This way you could always bind hair points and shadow points to one hair bone and the shadow would move with the hair.

Cheers
D.K

TheRoger · Post by **TheRoger** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:20 pm

How to do that mask trick?

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:44 pm

Hello

There is a tut in the help directory

GC

TheRoger · Post by **TheRoger** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:20 pm

Uhmm.... I can't find it...

slowtiger · Post by **slowtiger** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:41 pm

Can't be.

Open AS. On the Mac, the menu bar shows "Help" as the last entry to the right. The first item "Help" in it opens a HTML page in your browser. That is the manual which comes with AS. If you don't have that, you haven't installed properly or erased it. Install again.

And no, don't even ask if someone sends it to you.

TheRoger · Post by **TheRoger** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:33 pm

I have help file. Know where to find it. Its just Help->Tutorials and where next? I cant find anything with masks...

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:58 pm

Hello again!

TheRoger wrote:I cant find anything with masks...

I don't want to be rude but it seems to me you have not looked very hard!

Tutorial 2.6

Maybe you should have a closer look at those tutorials from the help file!

GC

synthsin75 · Post by **synthsin75** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:13 pm

Just to be clear, they're talking about Help>Help...>Tutorials not Help>Online tutorials.