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Cartoon rendering with IBL

Where: Poser -> Lighting

Author: DWM
Created: 10/27/2008
Last Revision: 10/29/2008
Skill Level: Beginner
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Cartoon render with IBL is possible.

I'm very surprised, that this is never used for a cartoon render. With just a few changes in the light settings, you can change your 3d object into a flat render, the basis for a cartoon.

When you change the light setting to Diffuse IBL in the Proporties, the Shadows is always automatically unchecked. Not without any reason, because the result would be very ugly.

But as you can see with the illustration, it is possible, and only with one light!

My English is not good, but I will try to explain it short and to the point.

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Comments

	by Suucat on Nov 4, 2008 7:32:21 pm [homepage] Great tutorial, thanks ^^

	by Gini on Nov 5, 2008 6:10:18 am [homepage] Thanks for this !

	by underdog on Nov 6, 2008 6:41:58 pm [homepage] I can't tell you how long I have been looking for a good way to do cartoon rendering in Poser. I have been using Poser since waiting for the 1.0 release to finally go on sale. I have always wanted to have good "cartoon style" rendering. I have used all sorts of different Photoshop Actions over the years trying to get good cell shading. None have been very satisfactory. I have used the "z-flatten" strategy as a python script, which works pretty well but is cumbersome. I have messed with the sketch rendering method, but never found a magic setting that gave good results. I have used MANY other methods over the years that I have since even forgotten! So, THANK YOU, DWM, for a terrific and yet SIMPLE method that seems to have very good results from my tests so far! ===underdog===

	by digitani on Nov 15, 2008 9:57:14 am [homepage] Thanks for making this into a tutorial, DWM! I'm glad you found this out. I love your results!

	by gibby.g on Dec 5, 2008 1:30:14 pm [homepage] Very interesting and well explained tutorial. Thanks!

	by Namnlosen on Dec 8, 2008 1:28:34 pm [homepage] Is this method effective for rendering nighttime images as well as ones using different light colours, such as red lighting or green lighting?

	by Jydekris on Dec 9, 2008 9:25:44 am [homepage] Amazing discovery! I'm currently working on a musical video that is cell shaded but using 3ds max9. The technique is very time consuming and with multiple parameters to adjust i just might be at risk of not meeting the deadline. But urs is not that stressful since it has to do wit lights. I really wish i could find a short-cut for cell shading in 3ds max. Thanx for sharing.

	by midnight_stories on Dec 9, 2008 3:08:31 pm [homepage] Now that's what I call thinking outside the box, I might give this a go myself, Hey if you do a sketch render and overlay it on a multiply layer you'll get the toon edges. Great tutorial!!!

	by ruby_dragon on Dec 10, 2008 5:57:45 pm [homepage] Incredible!!! :D I can't wait to try this! Thanks for such a wonderful tutorial! You've done a great job explaining, and your results are sensational! :) Thanks so much for sharing! hugs

	by Lufwyr73 on Dec 27, 2008 10:14:05 pm [homepage] Can't Find Diffuse IBL setting, does it work with Poser5?

	by Valentin3D on Jan 14, 2009 3:05:53 am [homepage] Thank you very much, great job, excellent tutorial !!!

	by Talisman on Jan 14, 2009 8:59:33 am [homepage] You can also manipulate the cartoon rendered image further by changing the light probe image and it's coloration/tinting...that will have a noticeable effect on the final render as well.

	by altec101 on Jan 29, 2009 3:56:32 pm [homepage] Thankyou excellent tut!

	by zerodin on May 21, 2009 8:56:53 am [homepage] I don't get it. I'm following your steps verbatim, and it doesn't look like that.

	by catador4255 on May 4, 2010 10:00:01 pm [homepage] Great tip. I had tried all kinds of cartoon shadings and settings, but let me tell you, I never tried the Diffuse IBL light. You can't imagine how grateful I am. You rock!!!