Interface
image of the Toonshader 1.2, the window is used to preview the
conversion from the 3D to the 2D. Playing with sliders, you could
modify the count of the contour black lines, the size of the shadow and the
light reflect. The
interface images are a courtesy of Toonboom inc,
Montreal.
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Interface
image of the USAnimation 5.3 camera, the window is used to view the
final image composites with all different masks. The
Toonshader was used to save the results in the USAnimation
file format. The
interface images are a courtesy of Toonboom inc,
Montreal.
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Click
to one of the images to look at an animation movie realized with the
Toonshader.
The image is a courtesy of Toonboom inc,
Montreal.
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Click
to one of the images to look at an animation movie realized with the
Toonshader.
The image is a courtesy of Toonboom inc,
Montreal.
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developed by ALGOSOFT: |
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Started from scratch, we
design everything |
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C++
classes to manage a 3D scene containing the camera, materials, lights, 3D
models and transformations. |
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Window
to preview the 3D scene and uses OpenGL to draw. |
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Methods
to add black lines around the 3D models, to draw flat colored surfaces,
tone, highlight and shadow masks. |
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Methods
to composite the different masks and save the result in a PNT file format
of Toonboom USAnimation 5.3. |
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Plug-In
for Maya 2.5 or 3.0 (Linux, Irix
and Windows)
of Alias/Wavefront to save an
animated 3D scene (sequence) in the TS Toonshader 1.2 file format. |
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Variable
resolution (render quality) in pixels to make the conversion from the 3D
to the 2D. |
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Final
image rendered or computed by the software renderer, without OpenGL library.
A blend of Shading and Raytracing techniques
are used to render an image precisely and fast. |
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Sources
written in C++ and interfacing with QT library from Trolltech
company. This library lets programmer compile its programs to many platforms
as: Windows, Linux, Irix and MacOS. |
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his project was done between August
2000 and September 2001.
The project was developed and compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio using
QT library in C++ from Trolltech
to build the User Interface. The software run under Windows,
Linux and Irix and
uses OpenGL to draw in 3D. 
ou can
load a 3D scene from Maya (Alias/Wavefront) and
converts it to obtain a 2D look. The black lines are added to obtain
the same effect as a line traced by a traditional cartoonist hand. The
transparency, tones, shadows and light reflects are managed in the
conversion. 
