Flat color shader with shadows (toon-like)

[thanulee]

Hi, im trying to achieve a completely flat color style like a cartoon. I figured i can do that with vray light material and multisub objects so i can achieve a fake shading when my surfaces facing different angles. My only problem is that i cant get any shadows (i want only hard shadows no gi). Is there any plugin that does that for me in general? Or should i render a pass only with shadows and composite? thanx

[Scott Schroeder]

http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/toon_falloff/toon_falloff.htm

 

Don't use the light material at 1 or above. Use it at around .5 or lower (or at all) so you give the shadows a chance to show up. They are not showing up because the object is considered fully "lit".

[thanulee]

U have a point, but i cant achieve the specific color from RGB with 0.5. Or maybe should i conpensate that with cam exposure?

[heni30]

Maybe shadows composited over a Wire Color element.

Edited April 30, 2014 by heni30

[thanulee]

Can u describe it a bit better? thanx

Edited April 30, 2014 by thanulee

[heni30]

The Vray wire color render element will give you only the colors of your object wire selection colors. Has nothing to do with your object material color unless they are both the same.

 

 

Maybe Toon has an option to get the outlines so thin that they disappear.

Edited April 30, 2014 by heni30

[jasonstewart]

Just overlay the shadows pass over the diffuse pass in Photoshop. Seems simple enough. Getting exact RGB values is a losing proposition IMO.