Forum: Carrara


Subject: toon render

estherau opened this issue on Jan 13, 2006 ยท 9 posts


estherau posted Fri, 13 January 2006 at 6:40 AM

Attached Link: http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/

This is a render using toonPro from digitalcarvers plus some filters in photoshop. Does anyone else do toons using carrara? What settings do people who use toonpro on poser figures use? Love esther

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SmallFry posted Fri, 13 January 2006 at 10:19 AM

Esther - I just got toonPro and I think I'm in love! It gives the best toon renderings for Poser figures of any program I've ever used. I've tried Lightwave, DAZ Studio and Poser's own toon settings but there's always some glitch somewhere. toonPro offers the best so far and I've only played with it for 15 minutes. Maybe the romance will wear off later this weekend. ;)


SmallFry posted Fri, 13 January 2006 at 10:21 AM

Here's one render with no lines and the toon effect enhanced to create a more traditional comic book look...

SmallFry posted Fri, 13 January 2006 at 10:22 AM

...and here's one with the lines added.

SmallFry posted Fri, 13 January 2006 at 10:25 AM

Esther - I really like the look you achieved with your image. How did you achieve it? It has a really nice look that I might associate with some of Jean Giraud's work. I'd love to compare notes...


estherau posted Fri, 13 January 2006 at 5:41 PM

Funny. I like the look of your images better hehe. Well mine was simple. I used the cel shading and lines on with toonpro and then I went to photoshop. duplicated the the layers twice ie so 3 layers of the pic. On the second layer I added some posterization and turned it down to around 30% or so, and on the top layer I used vivid light and turned it down to 30% or so too. I didn't use cell shading for the background objects ie cofee table etc, I just relied on the photoshop filters for the cartoon effect there. Did you use the defualt cel shading settings for your pic or did you make adjustments. Do tell. Love esther

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ren_mem posted Fri, 13 January 2006 at 9:12 PM

They both look great.

No need to think outside the box....
    Just make it invisible.


SmallFry posted Sat, 14 January 2006 at 9:46 PM

Esther, I use ToonPro and change the number of Levels to 3 and then changing the Shadow/Brightness level down to 5 or 10 depending on what look I want. I like the effect you achieve with the Photoshop filters because it looks more organic. I admit the colors in my pictures are very crisp, but you achieve a nice soft look in your image. Are the lines on your figure's left leg achieved through Photoshop or is that a feature of ToonPro? That kind of cross-hatching isvery effective...


estherau posted Sat, 14 January 2006 at 10:03 PM

that's toonpro combination of the celshading and lines love esther ps i had a crash and didn't save the settings but i think the celshading was default and the line thickness was decreased in the toonrenderer part love esther

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I aim to update it about once a month.  Oh, and it's free!