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jerry5353
Inspiring
August 20, 2018
Question

Spotlight Not Working - Need Help Super Fast

  • August 20, 2018
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So I have an event tomorrow and not going into the details of how many times I told the client, before I left for the event we need the videos to be final, they still need a pretty serious change (luckily it's not my fault)

The problem is I'm using Element 3D. I opened the project, relinked the files, everything looks correct, except the "spotlight" I have in the comp doesn't work, in fact when I make a new one, it also doesn't work, ambient light looks fine, just not "spotlight" and I can't even recreate it because literally no spotlight works on the element layer.

I tried pre-comps, I tried everything, because it's integrated into a scene. I just can't figure it out. This is literally the exact project the only difference is I did the renders before I left on a PC and this is a mac.

Any suggestions before I get a bottle of wine and prep for an all-nighter?

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jerry5353
jerry5353Author
Inspiring
August 20, 2018

Just noticed the transparency grid isn't working either...wonder if there's something there.

chriss20077159
Participant
September 12, 2018

I'm finding that no light but ambient light is working with E3d as of today (9/12)

Community Expert
September 12, 2018

It's impossible to diagnose that kind of a problem without seeing the modified properties of the layers that are giving you problems. You have probably left something turned off, thrown a switch in the wrong direction or are not looking at the right preview. If purging everything doesn't solve the problem it's probably user error. I know of no bugs that fit your description of the problem.