Tom Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I am aware that AM toon render can control the thickness of the line. Can you also control that line so that it is possible to taper it from one end to the other? (see attached graphic which shows a line created in a graphics program and some curtains which were rendered in AM) Thanks for any feedback! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 2, 2015 Hash Fellow Share Posted February 2, 2015 If you crank up the "bias" you can get a more elegant fade-out without the widening of the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 2, 2015 Hash Fellow Share Posted February 2, 2015 Here is something I've been meaning to try for years. Higher Bias settings make the line end a bit sooner than lower bias settings. By rendering with three different Bias/Thickness combinations and then compositing the three versions in Photoshop with the "Darken" mode we can get something that resembles the hand tapered line of illustrations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Fantastic! Thanks Rob! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 2, 2015 Hash Fellow Share Posted February 2, 2015 Here is a turn-around test of the compositing method. It's a modest taper effect, but it is a taper! ToorLineH.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Cool! BTW- I tried playing with Bias but it only lets me set it to 100..and no higher... Can you explain the trick? Many thanks! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 3, 2015 Hash Fellow Share Posted February 3, 2015 I was able to set it up to 1000. What version are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 18.0h SSE4 64 bit. Attached is a picture of the interface: thanks! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 3, 2015 Hash Fellow Share Posted February 3, 2015 Interesting. You are setting it in the model or the material? I was setting it in the render settings. The limitation may be a bug that needs to be reported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 I was setting it in the model settings....Toon Lines etc. in the render settings it works fine. many thanks! Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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