ScripToons II

SHORT DESCRIPTION

FEATURES

The ScripToons II RenderEffect provides two main control areas:
The "Pen and Ink Settings" Rollout lets you toggle the controur inking on and off.
There are two modes for inking - the default CONTOUR Pen (Coverage Based)
uses the coverage values provided by the MAX renderer.
It detects self-overlapping inside of single objects.

The alternative mode is OUTLINE Pen (Node Based).
It detects the outlines of the objects based on the Node channel provided by the MAX renderer.
Elements inside of an object are NOT detected. See Image 4.

The From and To values let you limit the Coverage values to a smaller range.
This gives the Contour Pen a dashed appearance - see Image 3.
You can also set the Width of the Pen in pixels and the Color of the Ink.

Image 1: Original Rendering without Rendering Effects.

Image 2: Image after ScripToons II processing with Default Settings.

*The Cartoon Shading - Material Colors rollout provide controls over the flat shading
of the objects. Other than in the original ScripToons version, ScripToons II uses
the actual material colors of the object detected in each pixel.
*The pixel value of the RGB channels is being compared to the two limit values.
-Values lower than the Ambient-Diffuse value are replaced with the Ambient color
of the material. In case there is no material, 30% of the Wireframe Color are used.
-Values between Ambient-Diffuse and Diffuse-Specular receive the Diffuse color.
If there is no material, the Wireframe color is being used instead.
-Values above the Diffuse-Specular Limit are replaced with the Specular color.
If there is no material, Pure Write color is being used.
*When a Multi/Sub material is being detected, the Sub-Materials cannot be
detected directly. ScripToons II expects the index of the Sub-Material to
be found in the EffectsChannel (Material ID). This limits the Shading code
to only 16 Sub-Materials per Multi/Sub Material. Instead of setting the Material
IDs manually, you can use the "Generate MaterialChannels for Multi/Sub Materials"
button.

Image 3: Yellow Ink with From:32 To:200 settings. Note the dashed appearance of the contour line.

The Smooth Border Lines toggle is a kind of primitive Anti-Aliasing.
It smooths the borders between the flat colors in the material.
On Image 4, it has been disabled.

Image 4: Both Ambient-Diffuse and Diffuse-Specular Limits reduced. Pen Width: 4
No Border Smoothing.

Image 5: Both Ambient-Diffuse and Diffuse-Specular Limits increased. Pen Width: 3

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