Return-Path: Received: from mail-ie0-f172.google.com ([209.85.223.172] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5310354 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 17:38:46 +0100 Received: by mail-ie0-f172.google.com with SMTP id qd12so4627319ieb.31 for ; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 08:41:22 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=RtQjLRbi7g4huHQ2wU5Txr8Vrr3P0JQsGfxS1ylGMGw=; b=gmlbocyvgMwtFxMqX2x898Eo0Q4SnQPYj1fgcJyzD+qpqUSCf+auBh+h4HbOHfnrzD z+nOlS7RjOai7bz8vmxHkh8FsKgH0pUDSKsZIBeSOvn91keUTziYxTZ6qIgdw+hPXwmo nzrngpWaLTgtAc1bluOldFrFbT0USLU3XQ6hS97aYwpQrlwn9r1bti9+5LrHqMjz096J ifc0doYuYqUSPSpzX0sVCfBx8HAvhwnKouvd+a6vmwUCoh0/9+agomROSo7zC3I5LxcY NhvHIntDymmLpo0U7ZW/VIx9iqX3z6cHXGxiJ4d/QvgMM6/PYrwn3F1R9/KTNAbfHSJf JNVg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkv3DcheypXjvxbGEEPAT+LGdRoSaiANyZOqMwF6B/uJDJCxTB2+tyv3wG1/cJoIIOcOVMH MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.24.138 with SMTP id w10mr10758107icb.22.1386520881952; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 08:41:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.223.167 with HTTP; Sun, 8 Dec 2013 08:41:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.223.167 with HTTP; Sun, 8 Dec 2013 08:41:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 11:41:21 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] AE Question that has boggled me From: Walter Soyka To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf303dd358a4909d04ed088cdf --20cf303dd358a4909d04ed088cdf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Dec 8, 2013 11:08 AM, "Mr. Eric D. Kirk" wrote: > > Sorry - thought I was clear. You know when you add a 2D image and add a light, the image becomes black? Then you have to change accept lights to off and the image reappears. The appearance is that you are changing it TO accept lights since now you can see it. > > Just not understanding what's really happening there. > > Eric When you set accept lights to off, you are telling the layer to disregard the lighting in the scene. It will not be shaded at all, becoming neither lighter nor darker in response to lights. If you have a light in the scene, accept lights is on, and the layer is dark, then it is accepting lights, but no light is actually hitting the layer. Since it's not being illuminated, it is dark. You may need to reposition your light, or add additional lights to the scene. You can use an ambient light in the scene to raise the overall lighting level. Walter Soyka --20cf303dd358a4909d04ed088cdf Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Dec 8, 2013 11:08 AM, "Mr. Eric D. Kirk" <kirkproductions@gmail.com>= ; wrote:
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> Sorry - thought I was clear. =A0You know when you add a 2D image and a= dd a light, the image becomes black? =A0Then you have to change accept ligh= ts to off and the image reappears. =A0The appearance is that you are changi= ng it TO accept lights since now you can see it.
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> Just not understanding what's really happening there.
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> Eric

When you set accept lights to off, you are telling the layer= to disregard the lighting in the scene. It will not be shaded at all, beco= ming neither lighter nor darker in response to lights.

If you have a light in the scene, accept lights is on, and t= he layer is dark, then it is accepting lights, but no light is actually hit= ting the layer. Since it's not being illuminated, it is dark. You may n= eed to reposition your light, or add additional lights to the scene.

You can use an ambient light in the scene to raise the overa= ll lighting level.

Walter Soyka

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