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July 28, 2021
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3D Model without Shadow

  • July 28, 2021
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Hello 🙂

When i choose a model it appears without a shadow, see jumping.fbx file attached. Am i doing something wrong?

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Correct answer Ussnorway7605025

What do you mean by "default webcam software". I believe Mixamo a custom made web application running a 3d app outputting in canvas. It should not matter if you have a certain webcam app, atleast thats what i think. I also wonder would it needs a web cam in the first place, it has no functionality to use that or is that some old code left in or so? At work i dont have a webcam and it works just fine.

I was thinking his model is to high up in 3d world space. The floor is perhaps automatically projected in the scene. But the because the model is to high up the shadows dont catch the ground.

 

Perhaps if he tries to reset the app,m try delete cache and cookies and try it again with that same model.


 

I was looking at the old Mixamo website before the Adobe takeover. and i noticed somethign about using a camera, i also saw some of this in the code on the website, to bad we dont see those features anymore. I guess they are turned off. Though i think the code is still available in the engine.

 

 


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What do you mean by "default webcam software". I believe Mixamo a custom made web application running a 3d app outputting in canvas.


By @schroef

open web animation standard = WebGL i.e, OpenGL [Mac users] to Direct X [Windows users] and boils down to how your system allows your web browser to animate things

the reality is GPU drivers change and Mac systems tend to be the weak link when it comes to unsupported cards

 

he tested a different browser so the next step is to use a different machine... ask a mate to log into Mixamo with her Windows system and see if you get the shadow then

 

at the end of the day, what you see in the Mixamo web page is just a preview to show [more or less] when you are downloading... the model \ animation file you actually download has zero shadow until you load it into Unity, Unreal, Iclone or Blender to run it

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Ussnorway7605025
Legend
July 29, 2021

no it is not an OS issue... the software you use to animate shadow is up to you but yes Blender is one of your better options

Known Participant
July 29, 2021

Awesome, thank you, much appreciated 🙂

I think my rookie mistake was assuming Mixamo models came with shadows 😞

I will watch the video and let you know how i get on 🙂

Once again, thank you for you help 🙂

Ussnorway7605025
Legend
July 29, 2021

yes you are doing something wrong mate

  • shadow is generated by the display engine software and has zero to do with Mixamo or the model

Known Participant
July 29, 2021

Thank you for your reply.

Apologies for being dumb (i'm new to this), but is this an OS issue (i'm using an old iMAC running High Sierra 10.13.6) or something i can correct in Blender or another program? 

Known Participant
July 28, 2021

If it helps i have taken a screenshot video to show you exactly what i mean.

Any help would be much appreciated 🙂