Shadowcast output

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Hi everyone. I’m comping a graphic in action that I’ve used a displacement map to extrude into a “3D” object. I’ve lit it and I’m using the shadow cast to drop a shadow onto the wall. I’m finding that I’m having a difficult time outputting the shadow pass from action outputs as it is there but doesn’t output the same as it is comped in the action. I’m doing this so I can comp it down the line because it needs a defocus. Unless there is some way to defocus in the action.

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Add a Physical Defocus (it’s called something else, but it’s a new matchbox node for 2021) to the camera?

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Thanks for the reply, Randy. I’m currently in 202.3.1 unfortunately.

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Thanks for the reply, Randy. I’m currently in 202.3.1 unfortunately.

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There’s gotta be a matchbox with dof you can add to the camera and it defocuses the screen.

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How many lights are you hitting it with? Action shadows output per-light, might need to combine downstream?

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try Stingray DOF matchbox for defocus. you can apply it to the camera

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