No shadows in active camera view After Effects

[Joe Rodgers]

I'm totally stumped here, cannot figure out what is going on.  I have all my material options set properly and the light is correct.  Can't identify why I can see shadows in FRONT view but not ACTIVE CAMERA view.  Any ideas?  Here is a screen of my app:  

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qaa6vziqutqs65s/CropperCapture%5B9%5D.png?dl=0

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[Byron Cortez]

Are you shure taht you have activate it "Cast Shadows: On" in Material Options in 3D layer?

[Joe Rodgers]

Yes

[GregSaxton]

I have the same issue

[Rick Gerard]

Select all your 3D layers and lights, press the U key twice. If you don't see Cast Shadows on for lights and layers, you won't get any shadows. The default for both lights and layers is Cast Shadows Off. You also need to check at least two views to make sure your lights are in the right location and pointed the right way to cast a shadow. If you don't see Cast Shadows - On, then select the layer and press aa to reveal the material options and make the adjustments.

[anders_hattne]

We might be having a similar problem here. 
In out case an ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR LAYER (tldr) was causing the problem.
We created another solid, which would cast shadows if said Illustrator 3d layer was not visible and in between the light and shadow catcher. 
If the Illustrator layer was visible or inbetween in the layer stack; no shadows. 
Said layer has a Fill Effect and a Mask, but does not cast shadows when these things are deactivated. 
Seems like a BUG to me. 
Still twiddling with things to figure out what the issue might be and how to fix it, but I'll most likely parent a solid with the same shape of the illustrator layer to cast the shadow.

[gregdigg]

Have you tried pre-comping the illustrator pieces?

[sidnister]

That worked for me, thanks! In my case it was an empty text layer between light and shadow casting layer.

[sidnister]

Fixed it, thanks!

[G Alder]

I'm having the same issue--shadows show up in Front view (and Custom views), but not in Active Camera view.

[Rick Gerard]

G Alder, we need screenshots of your comp with four views so we can see the alignment of the layers. If you are using the C4D rendering engine, shadows are limited. If it is something else, a screenshot showing the position of the lights, the camera, and the layers should point out the flaws in the layout.

[girlmother]

Turning off Draft3D helped me see my shadow

[George30530406cxlo]

This is the real answer.

[UdiKaslasi]

In case you still having this problem.
I had a similar problem, a 3D comp that casts a shadow over a floor. the shadow was there in all views except default/ camera view.
What solved it was moving a video layer I had above the casting shadow layer(it wasn't matted or in any way relevant to the comp).

So I suggest moving around some layer order in your sequance layers window and see if it changes anything.
Hope it helps.

[damianh76353340]

Delete all the effects of the layer.  Some effects (like drop shadow) are not compatible with cast shadows.