Toon Shader Tutorial
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Toon Shader Tutorial
by render master Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:46 pm
Some toon shaders
1. Ordinary Falloff material
Adjusting the mix curve will create a layered color
2. Ink n Paint Material
3. Mental Ray Toon Shader - other term as Contour Shader
Here i just create a new materials - Mental ray materials, then on its Surface Basic Shader, i just copy / paste the falloff material, then on Contour under advance shader, i selected simple contour. Activate Mental Ray as my renderer then enable contour under renderer of mental ray parameter.
Variation of contour line width
Max 2010 File here: dragon-toon.zip
1. Ordinary Falloff material
Adjusting the mix curve will create a layered color
2. Ink n Paint Material
3. Mental Ray Toon Shader - other term as Contour Shader
Here i just create a new materials - Mental ray materials, then on its Surface Basic Shader, i just copy / paste the falloff material, then on Contour under advance shader, i selected simple contour. Activate Mental Ray as my renderer then enable contour under renderer of mental ray parameter.
Variation of contour line width
Max 2010 File here: dragon-toon.zip
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Re: Toon Shader Tutorial
by v_wrangler Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:55 pm
The secret to the toon look is the number of threshholds (layers of colors in rendermaster speak!) Which is usually 3:
1. Highlight (lighter version of the Base Color)
2. Base Color or Base Diffuse
3. Shadows or Shade (Darker version of the Base Color)
Which means, as long as the falloff maps (Shadow/Light) is supported by the renderer (Scanline, Vray, MR, Finalrender, Brazil), the toon look can be mimicked.
1. Highlight (lighter version of the Base Color)
2. Base Color or Base Diffuse
3. Shadows or Shade (Darker version of the Base Color)
Which means, as long as the falloff maps (Shadow/Light) is supported by the renderer (Scanline, Vray, MR, Finalrender, Brazil), the toon look can be mimicked.
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Re: Toon Shader Tutorial
by render master Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:08 pm
v_wrangler wrote:The secret to the toon look is the number of threshholds (layers of colors in rendermaster speak!) Which is usually 3:
1. Highlight (lighter version of the Base Color)
2. Base Color or Base Diffuse
3. Shadows or Shade (Darker version of the Base Color)
Which means, as long as the falloff maps (Shadow/Light) is supported by the renderer (Scanline, Vray, MR, Finalrender, Brazil), the toon look can be mimicked.
thanks for the follow-ups and add-ins info vertex.
hehehe threshold pala tawag doon, thanks for the terms
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Re: Toon Shader Tutorial
by celes Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:32 pm
nice. how are the render times? would be interesting to see how this matches with vraytoon
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Re: Toon Shader Tutorial
by celes Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:38 pm
tfs rendermaster - we will try this method.
normally our workflow is to render one pass using the falloff material.
the toon shader is rendered as a separate pass.
normally our workflow is to render one pass using the falloff material.
the toon shader is rendered as a separate pass.
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Re: Toon Shader Tutorial
by render master Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:02 pm
mabilis lang sir 600 x 700 = 35 secs, 2100 x 1800 = 5mins (approx)mushroom wrote:nice. how are the render times? would be interesting to see how this matches with vraytoon
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Re: Toon Shader Tutorial
by abl_langs Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:51 pm
wow! thanks po render master! im currently downloading the zip file.. really appreciate it!
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Re: Toon Shader Tutorial
by cubi_o: Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:20 am
thanx for sharing sir ronel.....
really really appreciate it too!!
really really appreciate it too!!
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Re: Toon Shader Tutorial
by render master Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:00 am
salamat sir, hope it help sa requirement mo.abl_langs wrote:wow! thanks po render master! im currently downloading the zip file.. really appreciate it!
salamat sir sa pag-appreciate...... more to come...cubi_o: wrote:thanx for sharing sir ronel.....really really appreciate it too!!
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