Comments on: Behind the ‘toons, part 2: The Shader http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/ Photography, Animation and stuff by Sunny Kharbanda. Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:44:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: boBlog http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-16296 boBlog Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:37:35 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-16296 [...] ramp’s output, and connected that to the main shader.  I got the idea for the bump map from http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/, which follows a similar [...] [...] ramp’s output, and connected that to the main shader.  I got the idea for the bump map from http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/, which follows a similar [...]

]]> By: Sunny http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-13436 Sunny Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:03:35 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-13436 I'm using the regular Maya renderer here. As for the clamp and average: I connected the outputR of the clamp and facingRatio of the samplerInfo to the two inputs of the Average node, and then the output of the average node to the uCoord of the ramp. The details of the connections have changed in the new Maya version, so definitely check out the help on all these nodes to make sure you have the right inputs and outputs. I’m using the regular Maya renderer here. As for the clamp and average: I connected the outputR of the clamp and facingRatio of the samplerInfo to the two inputs of the Average node, and then the output of the average node to the uCoord of the ramp. The details of the connections have changed in the new Maya version, so definitely check out the help on all these nodes to make sure you have the right inputs and outputs.

]]> By: Hiro http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-13416 Hiro Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:27:52 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-13416 Ah..one more thing:D did you used mental ray for rendering? Ah..one more thing:D did you used mental ray for rendering?

]]> By: Hiro http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-13415 Hiro Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:24:58 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-13415 Thanks! that tutorial was helpful and straightforward! can you please explain how did you connected the clamp and average utilities to the shader? Thanks! that tutorial was helpful and straightforward! can you please explain how did you connected the clamp and average utilities to the shader?

]]> By: Sunny http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-13344 Sunny Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:47:58 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-13344 Hi Hiro! I found this other tutorial on making a simple toon shader that will help you. http://clicky.me/6Qs5 If you need to start with the basics of making connections, check the Maya help and search for Hypershade, which will go over the basics in detail. Thanks for the comment, and hope this helps! Hi Hiro! I found this other tutorial on making a simple toon shader that will help you. http://clicky.me/6Qs5 If you need to start with the basics of making connections, check the Maya help and search for Hypershade, which will go over the basics in detail. Thanks for the comment, and hope this helps!

]]> By: Hiro http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-13343 Hiro Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:34:21 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-13343 Hi, maya newbie here...the final result of this process looks awesome! Iwant to try this, but I have no idea about making connections in maya:/ Can you please simplify the above process in a step by step method? For example applying this effect to a simple nurbs sphere or a polygon cube? Your help will be greatly appreciated :) - Cheers! Hi, maya newbie here…the final result of this process looks awesome! Iwant to try this, but I have no idea about making connections in maya:/ Can you please simplify the above process in a step by step method? For example applying this effect to a simple nurbs sphere or a polygon cube? Your help will be greatly appreciated :)
– Cheers!

]]> By: LABtrazos » Blog Archive » Crear cristales en Maya. http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-1455 LABtrazos » Blog Archive » Crear cristales en Maya. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:03:20 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-1455 [...] http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/ [...] [...] http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/ [...]

]]> By: Sunny http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-1115 Sunny Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:35:49 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-1115 @Tyler: Great questions! I should have addressed the lighting and shadows in my post, but here goes: I'm using a single directional light, coming from behind the camera, pointed slightly down. Both "cast shadows" and "receive shadows" are ON for the character. Without them the shading looked really flat. The reason you don't see Moom's shadow on the floor is that he was rendered separately, in his own render layer. In the Bee Chase scene, I did render his shadow, but even that was a separate layer that was comped in AE. Gave me more control over the darkness of the shadow that way. The shader in the Bee Chase scene is identical to this one. However, I did post-process it differently while compositing. The render looked too hard-edged, so I softened it in AE by duplicating the layer, applying a slight blur on the top copy and playing with the blending modes. Try the lighting and shadow attributes on your Grim Reaper. Feel free to post an image on your blog and send me a link if you'd like any feedback. Love those trees btw! Great flowing shapes. @Leon, Samyuktha: Thanks! Let me know if you try it out. @Tyler:
Great questions! I should have addressed the lighting and shadows in my post, but here goes:

I’m using a single directional light, coming from behind the camera, pointed slightly down.

Both “cast shadows” and “receive shadows” are ON for the character. Without them the shading looked really flat. The reason you don’t see Moom’s shadow on the floor is that he was rendered separately, in his own render layer.

In the Bee Chase scene, I did render his shadow, but even that was a separate layer that was comped in AE. Gave me more control over the darkness of the shadow that way.

The shader in the Bee Chase scene is identical to this one. However, I did post-process it differently while compositing. The render looked too hard-edged, so I softened it in AE by duplicating the layer, applying a slight blur on the top copy and playing with the blending modes.

Try the lighting and shadow attributes on your Grim Reaper. Feel free to post an image on your blog and send me a link if you’d like any feedback. Love those trees btw! Great flowing shapes.

@Leon, Samyuktha:
Thanks! Let me know if you try it out.

]]> By: Tyler Heckman http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 Tyler Heckman Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:59:59 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-1102 hey Sunny. just a few small questions. would mind explaining your lighting set up? is it just one directional light coming from the direction of the camera or up above? do you turn off receive shadows on the model. also, are you going to go over the tweaks between this shader and the one from the bee chase? I tested out the shader on a grim reaper character, not getting the greatest results, but it's an exploratory process! cheers and thanks again. hey Sunny.

just a few small questions.

would mind explaining your lighting set up? is it just one directional light coming from the direction of the camera or up above?

do you turn off receive shadows on the model.

also, are you going to go over the tweaks between this shader and the one from the bee chase?

I tested out the shader on a grim reaper character, not getting the greatest results, but it’s an exploratory process!

cheers and thanks again.

]]> By: Tyler Heckman http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 Tyler Heckman Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:59:41 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-1100 oh great! I've been waiting for some hints on how to achieve the look! i'll let you know how my results come out and any tweaks I make. Cheers and thank you. oh great! I’ve been waiting for some hints on how to achieve the look!

i’ll let you know how my results come out and any tweaks I make.

Cheers and thank you.

]]> By: samyuktha http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 samyuktha Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:00:13 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-1077 Very nicely illustrated shader post. I can't wait to try it myself! Thank you! Very nicely illustrated shader post. I can’t wait to try it myself! Thank you!

]]> By: leon gittens http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/2009/10/behind-the-toons-part-2-the-shader/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 leon gittens Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:41:17 +0000 http://sunnykharbanda.com/blog/?p=248#comment-1076 thanks for sharing, i am going to play around with this thanks for sharing, i am going to play around with this

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