Aftereffects lighting and Images

Question

Please forgive my ignorance here, as I'm trying to get deeper into aftereffects. I have an image that essentially a textured concrete slab. I am wanting to blend this over something to add a certain grit. I want this to have a certain color light subtley overlaying as well.

I have made the image a 3D image, however when I add the light effect, the image goes black. No amount of intensity or any settings I alter affects the image. Is that normal?

Rick Gerard · Answer

Select the light and the 3D image layer, press 'aa' to reveal all of the lighting and material properties, drag a selection around all of the Material Options properties on the 3D image layer, right-click and reset all options, then do the same with the Light Options. You should have light falling on your 3D layer.

This:

Will give you this:

If that does not help, press Shift + Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd to bring up the first panel in Project Settings and change the Video Rendering and Effects options.

Let us know if any of that helps.

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