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Shadows Paint FX FAQ for Maya

Shadows:
I am using paint fx and I want to "catch a shadow" on them. Can I use the background shader trick, or is there another way to have paint effects catch shadows in the alpha channel? (updated: 03/13/05)
I have a scene where if you turn off "cast shadows" for geometry, then the geometry no longer receives shadows from Paint Effects. (updated: 03/13/05)
I need to extract a shadow pass from the paint fx strokes, or some sort of shadow alpha?. Can I render the cast shadows from the strokes but not the strokes themselves? (updated: 03/13/05)
Since we are using a directional light, how should we determine width focus... in Maya this is all different than what we would use for PA shadow casting spotlights... (updated: 03/13/05)
In the final render we are getting dancing shadows that seem to be just were paint effects generated geometry is (like the ferns under our trees in the t-rex scene)... we are using a directional light to cast depthmap style shadows and have raised the dmap rez to 4000 and the fog shadow samples to 100 leaving the other settings at default... (updated: 03/13/05)
Shadow Settings for Paint Effects (updated: 03/13/05)


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