Animating the visibility of an object

[AVTPro]

I have a mechanical animation and I would like for parts to "fade" in at different times. The key word is FADE.

I have tried animating its transparency and that works alright except for one thing.... the shadow. When the object is transparent its shadow is still visible. I have thought about doing an After Effects composition but I'd rather have it all work in EI. I am using the latest EI too.
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Steven Houtzager

I think there was a free shader needed for that FaderX, or you use the Alpha channle or geometry dissolve tab. I don't remember exactly which one was the best solution.

[scottfox]

I believe you dissolve out the transmission...

[ediris]

I also believe that you have to go to the Geometry settings in the Difusion tab in the Material editor.

[shoutzager]

Yup, the geometry attribute dissolves the object well. It is just that the shadow remains constant even when the geometry is not visible.

[yhloon]

maybe AG Clipper could help, it is a free shader,

if I'm not mistaken it is from triple D tools, but I can't find the download link any more.


Edit: found it! in Northernlights website, http://www.northernlights3d.com/AG_Shaders/agproducts.html

[ediris]

shoutzager ok i did it try turning the shadow casting of the object you want to off. If you want to create a mask for any object you use the geometry dissolve settings, is being long since i have used EIAS.

[yhloon]

just did a quick test with AG clipper and it doesn't as well... :(

[richardjoly]

Steven,
While this works as expected with Raytraced Shadows it could be done with multiple lights and selection sets using Buffered shadows by cross fading the lights intensity. I still would do it in AE...
http://www.rdn.qc.ca/eias/Shadow.mov

Project is here:
http://www.rdn.qc.ca/eias/Buffered_Shadows.zip

[shoutzager]

Thanks Richard for taking the time. That is what I was looking for.

SH :bowdown:

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