Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL

Subject: P6 Material Question (Creating a Rim Light-like Effect)

SmallFry opened this issue on Aug 13, 2005 · 7 posts

SmallFry posted Sat, 13 August 2005 at 8:09 PM

I would like to know if anyone with a bit of understanding of P6 Materials can help me with a Toon related look I'm trying to achieve. I want to achieve a Toon look similar to that created by the Edge Blend Node, but sharper so that the edges between the Inner and Outer colors are sharper. It would create a simulated Rim Light effect which is often used in animation for a character wearing black clothing. If anybody has any clues, please let me know. Thanks! Meanwhile, here's a sample of just a plain old Edge Blend...

SmallFry posted Sat, 13 August 2005 at 8:11 PM

...and here's a sample of the look I'm trying to achieve. See how the blue encircles the black and outlines the figure? Edge Blend does that but I'm trying to decrease the blend amounts between the Inner and Outer colors.

DigiCalimero posted Sat, 13 August 2005 at 9:00 PM

You can use a toon node instead. You control the blurryness with the Spread param.

SmallFry posted Sat, 13 August 2005 at 9:45 PM

Yeah, but the Toon node only offers a look based on how the light hits it. This look would almost ignore how the light hits the object in favor of an almost outline look. I use the Toon node all the time and tried a couple of things but it won't duplicate this look. Thanks for the offer, tho.

shedofjoy posted Sun, 14 August 2005 at 8:53 PM

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nruddock posted Sun, 14 August 2005 at 9:36 PM

Attached Link: http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=23300

Got answered in thread at DAZ. See attached link.

shedofjoy posted Mon, 15 August 2005 at 9:13 AM

Excellent....

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