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Contents 1 The Stats 2 Purchase Maxon Sketch and Toon 3 Description 4 Features 4.1 Technical Style 4.2 Artistic Style 4.3 Lines 5 Shaders 6 Combination

The Stats

• Developer: Maxon
• Version: 1.0
• Platform: Cinema 4D

Purchase Maxon Sketch and Toon

• Maxon Sketch and Toon

Description

3D Like It's Drawn

Everyone is lining up to render 3D scenes with the CINEMA 4D module Sketch and Toon.

Render engines, including CINEMA 4D and its Advanced Render Module, have become incredibly powerful and have made it easier than ever before to create high-quality, photorealistic imagery. Many users long for the simpler life, though, and will find their solution in the non-photorealistic rendering capability of CINEMA 4D's module, Sketch and Toon.

Sketch and Toon has the ability to create so many different styles of 3D renderings, its name is almost misleading. Architects and engineers will enjoy the clean and precise technical illustrations it provides, while artists will appreciate its ability to render 3D scenes as a quick scribble or charcoal sketches.

A variety of shading engines make it easy to create illustrations ranging from halftone stills to cel-rendered animations. NPR- and raytrace-rendered objects can be combined in a single scene for unique styles.

An abundance of control and plenty of flexibility gives the user the opportunity to create almost any desired effect.

Features

Technical Style

Sketch and Toon provides extensive options for drawing object edges and outlines. This powerful tool makes it easy to create high-quality technical illustrations with just a few mouseclicks. Lines can be drawn in any color, with individual parameters for each object in the scene.

Presets allow quick selection of different line styles, to define anything from thickness and opacity to multiple cloned lines that create a sketchier look. Styles let you easily replicate looks and settings among multiple scenes.

Strokes can even be animated, so the picture draws right before your eyes for outstanding presentations.

Artistic Style

Just a few parameters separate clean technical illustrations from a daring creative concept. Lines can be given variation or shakiness for a more hand-drawn look. Vary thickness, angle and opacity to imitate calligraphy or various natural media. Color inside the lines with shaders, images, other textures or solid colors. Add hatching for hand-drawn shading on objects.

With Sketch and Toon, you can realize outstanding artistic visions easier than ever before.

Lines

The fundamental capability of any NPR solution is its ability to draw lines, so Sketch and Toon includes an enormous number of line controls. To simplify workflow and reduce learning time, the controls are separated into 3 complexity levels ranging from simple to advanced. Sketch and Toon provides the maximum flexibility while maintaining CINEMA 4D's outstanding usability.

Sketch and Toon lines can match the contour of any object from any view. They can outline objects, polygons or just essential edges. Sketch and Toon even renders hidden or backface lines in separate user-defined styles. Lines can automatically overshoot and join at intersections for a variety of creative styles. In addition to rendering as a post-effect, lines can even be previewed realtime in CINEMA 4D's editor window and even exported to Adobe Illustrator in vector format. With this abundance of options, any 3D render will fall into line.

Shaders

• Cel-Shader - Replicate the unique shading of animations with the Sketch and Toon's Cel Shader. Make your own manga or anime with the Cel Shader's quantized color shading. Custom gradients make it easy to define exactly the look you desire and turn your 3D scene into an animation success.

• Hatch-Shader - This shader creates custom hatch shading on your 3D objects based on any texture you choose. Three levels of shading and coloring combine with the hatch texture to create colorful and artistic hand-drawn 3D renders. This powerful shader puts the Sketch in Sketch and Toon.

• Art-Shader - Sketch and Toon's Art Shader uses a sphere to define the illumination and shading of an object, much like the techniques of traditional artists. Unique shading is possible by varying the surface and coloring of the sphere. This remarkable shader can transform ordinary 3D renders into abstract artistic masterpieces.

• Spot-Shader - If halftones are hip, this shader hits the spot. By shading darker areas with larger or more abundant dots and lighter areas with smaller sparse dots, this shader easily mimics the halftone appearance of low resolution print images as well as one of today's most popular visual concepts. When it comes to easily creating 3D animations in this style, Sketch and Toon's Spot Shader is right on target.

Combination

Because Sketch and Toon is a fully integrated CINEMA 4D module, you'll enjoy the same basic interface known for easy learning and speedy workflow.

Sketch and Toon's many parameters are always convenient and responsive, and like all MAXON tools provide you the ability to achieve the results you desire without fighting the tool itself.

Sketch and Toon effects can be combined with any CINEMA 4D features, including radiosity, shaders, splines and particles.