From 3D to 2D render in Daz Studio (-> a simple trick)

p6r · Post by **p6r** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:35 pm

If you want to render the same scene in 3D and in 2D, here is a simple trick :
Add a distant light to render in 3D... OK !!! Nothing's new here !!!

THEN make this light INVISIBLE (do not delete it !) to render the scene... in 2D !!!

Don't forget to add 30 % (or more) Ambient color on your surfaces. Finished !!!

Here is an example with a bumpercar I made :

6R

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:38 pm

Nice idea! Can you export that in a vector format?

dazza101 · Post by **dazza101** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:21 am

I just tried it and the same trick works in Carrara as well!

dazza101 · Post by **dazza101** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:18 am

Some examples :

Carrara 6.2.1 Pro default 3D render of PiSong's TreeFrog, using a distant light source with basic ambient brightness set at 20%

Carrara 6.2.1 Pro default 3D render of PiSong's TreeFrog, using a distant light source (with visibility set to off) and basic ambient brightness set at 100% using p6r's trick

Carrara 6.2.1 Pro default 3D render of PiSong's TreeFrog, using 6r's trick, & DCG Toon! Pro plugin

p6r · Post by **p6r** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:48 am

Ouawwwww !
Fantastic 2D frog !!!
I have tested with the default cartoon render of Daz : (With a rotation of the distant light and without rotation ! And with 30% ambient color then with 100% !)
Interesting (thanks dazza101 !) but strange outlines !

It could be better with toonshaders in Daz !?!

I don't think it's possible to export that in vector format !?!

6R

dazza101 · Post by **dazza101** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:30 am

p6r wrote:Ouawwwww !
Fantastic 2D frog !!!
I have tested with the default cartoon render of Daz : (With a rotation of the distant light and without rotation ! And with 30% ambient color then with 100% !)
Interesting (thanks dazza101 !) but strange outlines !
It could be better with toonshaders in Daz !?!

I don't think it's possible to export that in vector format !?!

[snip]

6R

I didn't spend a lot of time optimising the image, but I thought the outlines were okay... In Carrara it is possible to export the image as a vector file using VectorStyle 2 - however the plugin hasn't really been updated for C6, so so of the colour info gets lost in the translation. In this case the eyes go AWOL...

p6r · Post by **p6r** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:32 am

No, I thought MY outlines with Daz are not OK !

Yours are very good !!!

6R