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Mimicking the original light source

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From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 19 Motion Tracking with Cinema 4D Lite

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Mimicking the original light source

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- I now have the same camera move, and therefore the same camera perspective, in both Cinema 4D and in After Effects. I have the final quality render on here, so it is a little bit slow, but you can see what's going on. But even though I have the crown existing inside my video footage, you can tell that it really wasn't there to begin with. For one, the crown has a spectre hotspot right here in the front, when really the lighting should be coming off from the side. Secondly, I don't see any shadow being cast by this crown, even though the trees are obviously casting a shadow. So what I need to do is add light in Cinema 4D. It's roughly the same position as light was in this original footage, let me see, maybe about a 60 degree angle, little bit more than that, from where the camera's looking. And then we'll work on casting a shadow away from the crown. So I'll switch back to Cinema 4D and I'll add a new light to the scene. I personally prefer target lights, I find them easier to aim…

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