Thursday, 11 April 2013

Blog 5: Toon Shading

Toon Shading

What is Toon Shading?

Toon shading is also known as Cel shading. Toon shading is a type of non-photorealistic rendering technique used in games to make it look like a cartoon.


How does Toon Shader differ?

Normally the shading on an object would be a gradual linear line representing the light intensity as shown. This type of shading would make an object look smooth.
However, for toon shading the graph would look a step function. This type of shading would make an object look more cartoon and hand-drawn.

If follow this graph and use the concept for light intensity, you would have a blocky grayscale.


Using this to sample would give you a toon shading effect.











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