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Published: 2007-03-13 22:55:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 3703; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 140
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This is a cel render. It was created by a 3D program, Megapov to be exact.Now that I have got that out of the way...
This was an experiment with getting the raytrace engine to add highlights to hair. The result was not quite what I expected, but it turned out much better than I had hoped. The technique uses angle of incidence materials to get the highlights in the hair. I will have to play with it some more to see what I can make it do.
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I love that pose. Gosh you really do cell renders on 3d engine so well. Envies you the shiny brightness of your character
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Actually, i am getting ready to write tutorial on how to do it.
I think I might have things figured out well enough to start sharing it with others.
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Cool, I'm liking the aoi things you're doing lately.
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Looks pretty good! Where did this BurnUp outfit came out? And what is that cool hair?
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The outfit is at DAZ and it is called..... drum roll please..... civil servant for aiko3!
I bought it when it first came out and was on sale. It has taken me a long time to get around to using it.
The hair is Himeko's. I think it looks pretty good on Belbel.
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Hehe, so BurnUp is now disguised as "civil servant"? LOL
Hmm, you are making me regret I never bought Himeko.
Her head can only be rendered from a certain angle and lighting.
Everything else looks wrong, but perhaps the hair is worthwhile...
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Awesome. I love the stuff you come out with for povray and the like.
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Want to see her in true 3d? Check out [link]
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Very cool, I'm impressed! It looks like an animation cel or something, very professional. Awesome!
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This is something myself and several others have been trying to work out for a while. I think I am getting closer.
I have been getting a lot of requests for a tutorial. I think I am going to cave and write one soon.
I actually had several of my cel renders kicked out of the 3D areas once because the gallery directors thought they were traditional media pieces.
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Awesome rendering *__*
I love cell shading
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I never have any idea what you're talking about but it's still awsome!
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I really do need to work on background stories for these characters.
I have a tendency to get to technical. I'm glad you like the piece though.
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She has a familiar look to her just can`t put my finger on it. Very nice work.
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Pretty cool work! I never got into cell-shading since my work isn't conducive to it. You kick some serious but with your work it!
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I actually like how it looks. Are you planning on releasing any of these shaders for MegaPOV?
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I guess I should have asked. If you are interested in doing Cel renders with Megapov, I would be more than happy to help you out. I would like to see more art done this way.
Since you have been working with Povray, you have most likely crossed the biggest hurdle in figuring out how to get a scene ported over to Povray. The rest is just a matter of setting finishes on the materials and configuring the lines for Megapov.
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Well I've been able to port over scenes with PoseRay but the problem is lighting for me, I haven't been able to adequately light a scene, let alone render it properly
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Lighting is a real challenge. The primary problem is that povray doesn't use shadow maps. As such, every light casts very, very, hard edged shadows. You are actually hitting upon the very reason I write PIBL.
There a few ways around this.
1)Change the lights to area lights. You will have to define the area of coverage. Poseray will let you do it in the tool, but poseray only affects point lights. Any light can be changed into an area light.
2) Use HDRShop and the light creation feature of poseray. This actually works very well if you can find the probe files.
3) You could use my PIBL program.
4) Use one of the other lighting libraries out there. Try [link] for example.
5) Use radiosity for lighting.
NOTE: Any of the above is going to really slow down render times when you turn on anti-aliasing. The nice things about the cel renders is that you don't need more than one basic light.
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Thanks - I'll give those a try (when I get a chance to start experimenting in it again)
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I think once I get them worked out I will. I am always willing to send them out to anyone interested as long as they understand that things are not quite stable yet.
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Yeah... I'm trying to figure out how to get around that.... any ideas?
I'm not really sure what the falloff should look like for highlights on hair.
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try to get the reflection less blurry and more random
if specular maps works in cel shading like that, put a liny spec mapping.
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Sadly... povray/megapov doesn't support specular maps. (Well, not directly anyway. There might be a way to fake them.)
I think I will try your suggestion and see how it plays out. I'm worried that the highlights might look "stringy", but then, that may be exactly what is needed.
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awesome!! she's so cute! and The highlights look hella cool! that was my favorite part even before I read the comment
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The highlights have been a real pain, but they should help add some depth to the cel renders I work on.
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oh that explains why the body isn't very cell shaded, only the hair. but it's still gorgeous and different from the original animating you do. i love the way she looks, the hair looks quite nice too.
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oh that explains why the body isn't very cell shaded, only the hair. but it's still gorgeous and different from the original animating you do. i love the way she looks, the hair looks quite nice too.
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Actually, everything is cel shaded.
Someday I am going to have to write a tutorial on how to do this. I have a lot of people interested in the techniques....
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