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[Astral]

Not sure if you have Max 5 or not but

I thought Max 5 came with something called ink and paint. Just for that reason

[Nima-3dman]

the best plugin for this projects is "Illustrate" but it is a commrecial plugin but Try its demo for 30 days free .
( cartoony render or lines such as render into a sketch)
search it here : www.maxplugins.de ( for commrecial plugins)

regards, Nima Nf.:thumbsup:

[Sherif.Nagib]

yes illustrate is great ..

ink paint ??.. i think it only render cartoon scenes..it's not a renderer i think..it's a material..& i don't think it support sketch render.

[Astral]

Is that right? never used it

I did see some pictures using it though.. the result was pretty "sketchy" to me but I'll take you're word

[Sherif.Nagib]

astral : i checked the 3ds max 5 user reference..
yes it's a material.. & yes you can -by changing some parameters- get a sketchy result .. i was wrong,, sorry

take a look at the attached image .

[mouj]

Howdy !

the fact that Ink n'Paint is a shader does not mean you can only use as a "cartoon/cell" rendering feature.
I'm quite sure that with a little tweak and imagination it might be able to render maybe cross hatching effects or hand drawn style.
Using simple noisy/blurred maps (for exemple) should bring some nice effects, now i'm not saying that it might be what you're looking for, but it's probably worth trying.

here a little test done in a couple minutes
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mouj/wips/images/inktest.jpg

mouj

[MFreywald]

Reyes Ingrafica has a renderer called NPR (Non-Photorealistic Renderer) that does what you need I think. It allows you to render out in a variety of artist styles like what Painter does to 2D images. But it is also commercial.

[mark_battista]

just wanted to say thx, i'm gonna check them all out
your help has been much appreciated
mark

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