Toon Renders (quick and dirty)
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Neato!
That's pretty cool!
Do you know of a technique to do classic toon shading w.r.t. thick black edges for those edges that span front/back faces w.r.t. the camera?
I've done toon/cel shading for games in OpenGL but adding it to the bag of tricks in C3D would be nice!
Thanks,
Brian
That's pretty cool!
Do you know of a technique to do classic toon shading w.r.t. thick black edges for those edges that span front/back faces w.r.t. the camera?
I've done toon/cel shading for games in OpenGL but adding it to the bag of tricks in C3D would be nice!
Thanks,
Brian
There's no way to render thick outlines etc. in Cheetah 3d (because it renders the back faces of polygons).
With post-processing you can use filters like Photoshop's Accented Edges (this works even better if you use materials specifically to make picking out the object boundaries easier).
For realtime 3d, you can create a larger "shell" around the model, flip all the normals in the shell, and set it to be desired outline color (usually black).
All of this is a pretty poor substitute for a proper toon / cel renderer or shader, unfortunately.
With post-processing you can use filters like Photoshop's Accented Edges (this works even better if you use materials specifically to make picking out the object boundaries easier).
For realtime 3d, you can create a larger "shell" around the model, flip all the normals in the shell, and set it to be desired outline color (usually black).
All of this is a pretty poor substitute for a proper toon / cel renderer or shader, unfortunately.
Well - a second mesh with a membrane material will do the trick - for now - but this approach will be a dying breed - so never mind.
With kindest regards
Frank
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Well - a second mesh with a membrane material will do the trick - for now - but this approach will be a dying breed - so never mind.
With kindest regards
Frank
Frank, when you say aa second mesh with a membrane material will do the trick. What does that mean? I really like the style of Gromit even if it is a dying breed.
I tried that, Frank. Very tricky stuff. Fine for a box or ball, but a complex shape . . . hubba bubba! It would be cool if like Photoshop you could put a stroke around the mesh, so it was even all round.
That's pretty cool, Frank. Easy when you know how. I've been trying to animate a nice wavy flag like yours. No chance, just isn't cutting it. I can animate the flag, but it looks rubbish. I think I need to give up for a while Thanks as always. (It's the settings
) TerryG
I was able to get this cool trick to work, though it does double the polygon count as suggested. Very nice for still frames, or simple objects moving about. Thanks.