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Other => Wish List => Topic started by: Metin Seven on September 08, 2017, 12:31:56 AM

Title: Toon rendering as a general option in stead of a separate material
Post by: Metin Seven on September 08, 2017, 12:31:56 AM
Hi,

I'd love to see the toon rendering functions (at least the toon line functions) as a general set of options that can be activated in any material, in stead of isolated in a separate Toon material.

It would be great to be able to add subtle lines to my own custom shader, using toon lines with transparency and optional blend modes (Multiply, Screen, Soft Light, Average, etc.).

Many thanks in advance,

Metin
Title: Re: Toon rendering as a general option in stead of a separate material
Post by: DriesV on September 08, 2017, 02:13:53 AM
Hi Metin,

A Toon texture is planned for KeyShot 8.

Dries
Title: Re: Toon rendering as a general option in stead of a separate material
Post by: Metin Seven on September 08, 2017, 02:16:12 AM
That's great! You guys can read my mind! ;)
Title: Re: Toon rendering as a general option in stead of a separate material
Post by: INNEO_MWo on September 08, 2017, 11:58:56 PM
You'll already find this in the KS cloud. Search for metal and toon.
And this solution should work on many material types.
Title: Re: Toon rendering as a general option in stead of a separate material
Post by: DriesV on September 09, 2017, 02:45:14 AM
The Toon Overlay materials in KeyShot Cloud (uploaded by "_bdesign_") will not work in KeyShot 7.
These materials were exploiting a bug in KeyShot 6, which since got fixed. This fix causes the Toon outline to not show anymore in KeyShot 7.

Dries
Title: Re: Toon rendering as a general option in stead of a separate material
Post by: INNEO_MWo on September 09, 2017, 10:32:07 PM
OK. Thank you Dries for this info. I didn't recognized it.
Title: Re: Toon rendering as a general option in stead of a separate material
Post by: Metin Seven on September 10, 2017, 01:24:38 AM
Thanks, MWo, I'll have a look at the Keyshot cloud materials.
Title: Re: Toon rendering as a general option in stead of a separate material
Post by: INNEO_MWo on September 10, 2017, 10:48:56 AM
As Dries already posted. The KS6 material in the cloud do not work in KS7. I already gave it a try. Also tried to rebuilt a similar material in KS7 without any luck. All I got was a toon material as a label on a metal or paint or something else with a curvature texture in the opacity channel. But that didn't work very well. Perhaps an occlusion texture with inside option would do the right effect?!

(I can't upload my experiment material right now. I'm sitting on the airport in Hamburg waiting for the plane with a delay of 1,5 h)

Maybe you can share your tries?

Cheers
Marco
Title: Re: Toon rendering as a general option in stead of a separate material
Post by: Metin Seven on September 10, 2017, 10:51:39 AM
Hi Marco and Dries,

Ok, that's a pity. I'll have a try, although I'm not very familiar with the Material Graph's node types yet.

Thanks,

Metin
Title: Re: Toon rendering as a general option in stead of a separate material
Post by: INNEO_MWo on September 10, 2017, 11:11:39 AM
Quote from: Metin Seven on September 10, 2017, 10:51:39 AM
I'll have a try, although I'm not very familiar with the Material Graph's node types yet.

Thanks,

Metin

This is now a very good reason to start pushing the mat graph skills ;o)
Title: Re: Toon rendering as a general option in stead of a separate material
Post by: Metin Seven on September 10, 2017, 12:00:49 PM
 :)