Toon renderer

[Dave Jones]

Hi, I use Viz4, currently only ever rendering with the default scanline renderer. But i have now had the brazil rio trial type edition renderer to play around with for a few weeks, and i am thinking of purchasing the full version.

 

What other options are there for me when my main requirement is toon rendering? Obviously though i would be likely to use brazil for all projects etc if purchase it.

 

I know of finaltoon, but have never been able to really get an idea of how it compares with brazil with regard especially with value for money.

 

I work for an architects firm, and use about 10 of our computers to net render animations and high res images overnight, am i right in saying if i move over to any other renderer i must pay extra for the priviledge to do this too?

 

Any recomendations?

[rivoli]

both sketchup and illustrate can be very valid options. the brazil toon shader is quite a good one though, and viz 2005 will have mental ray integrated like max.

[mbr]

Here's a review of FinalToon. I have it, but have never had time to try it. It looks great, though, and is one of the reasons I bought Final Render to begin with.

 

If you do use it, post the results.

 

http://www.kicrea.com/articles/plugins/finalToon/finalToon_us.php3

[Dave Jones]

Thanks for the suggestions of sketchup and illustrate rivoli.

 

I've tried a demo version of illustrate, its clearly nowhere near as feature rich as plugins such as finaltoon and brazil, but one feature i found very eyecatching is its ability to generate vector based files such as dxf and ai files, very useful in an architectural practice.

 

I also watched the demo for sketchup, although this is a good tool for preliminary "ideas" it really lacks any of the quality i would be looking for in my finished renders and animations.

[Dave Jones]

Finaltoon seems to be a very suitable candidate based upon the review reffered to by mbr.

 

It's just annoying that a demo version seems to be only available to users of max6, or at least that the case on http://www.turbosquid.com, I always like to try sofware before i buy, i don't suppose anyone knows if there is a demo version available elsewhere for finaltoon?

 

Will post results, as you say, once ive made my choice and used it for a project.

 

Cheers

[Nick Nakadate]

Just a few images I have made with Brazil toon that I like to think approach some sketch and architectural render styles; still WIP.

 

Nick