I'm playing with this great Z-flatten python script by Ockham (you can find it on Renderosity, it's an upload of 4 or 5 days ago) and I think it's great to improve cartoonish style ! i think you know Laura the model ( >CIAF!< ... ehm... Posy says hello to all... ), so I'll show you: In the first picture you can see Laura in a "normal" render, in the second picture there is laura after using the Z-flatten Phyton script and rendering. I use Poser 4 pro and phyton scripts are in the package, but I know there is an utility somewhere that can be used if one doesn't have phyton script package included in Poser. In the second picture I moved a little the camera and pose because Laura's pose have become a little strange after flattening and stretched the rendered picture horizzontally just a little. I want to test it with an anime-style (have you red the great tutorial by SnowSultan at Renderosity ? It is in the "tutorial" section...).

Testing the script I found that you don't have to parent figures (conforming is ok, just not parented) because it creates two balls and all figures goes automatically parented to these two balls and a mess could happen...

Hope this is useful to you...

(... Meanwhile Laura and Posy are reading Guiltypleasures' "Savannah and the harley ride"   and they are chatting in a low voice... I hope Posy will not have strange ideas.... Sigh!...)

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i have see interesting tutorial on Renderosity for cartoon render....
but i now i m not able ti find it....
In 3dsMAX exist a specific plugin for cartoon render :-( i gave see it is fantastic :-(
     

the tips of Z fis a good tips,
after in photoshop or in gimp you can set saturation contrast, apply any filter you want for increase the fx

MoScA

Hi there
you can get the same effect, but only with single figures,
not with complete scenes, with the standard body Z-dial. don´t use the body dial for rotating th e figure. for changing the aspect, deactivate IK and rotate the hip.

so long

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