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herdy1212
18th Jun 2009, 04:02 am
So I have a floating text infront of a wall and i am placing lights bewteen the text and the wall to try and give it a halo effect.

i also have a light on the opposite of the text to illuminate the scene.

my problem is that i am getting a shadow behind the text on the wall where the other lights are.

on the frontal light i have excluded the text from the light, i have also gone into the text "object properties" and tried both receive shadows and cast shadows and neither seem to remove the shadow.

anyone have any ideas?

Cad64
18th Jun 2009, 05:24 am
I guess I don't understand what's happening. If you Exclude the text from the light, it won't receive illumination, but it also won't cast a shadow. And if you go into the Object Properties and uncheck "Cast Shadows", then it will receive illumination, but it won't cast a shadow. So if you've tried both of these options, then why is your text still casting a shadow?

Can you zip the file and post it here?

Just a thought. :unsure:
When you went into the Object Properties, was it for the text or the light? You need to go into the Object Properties of the text and uncheck "Cast Shadows".