EASY Real Time Toon Shader Outlines with new Blender 2.93 Line Art Feature

[@SouthernShotty]

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[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

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[@MattRenzatic]

Hey, for those rare few who find themselves having trouble getting the lines to show up on their models, make sure you have a camera in your scene. I decided to try this out on some older models I had lying around, and it took me about half an hour of googling to find out that, yeah, you have to have a camera in the scene before the lines render.

[@maxhammer5737]

THANKS

[@AlejandroFredes]

That sounds like the kind of stone I usually trip over... thanks for moving it away!

[@keithkool]

Life saver right here.

[@A.RDELAVICTORIA]

what about color changing is not working

[@comtom1066]

fankzzzz

[@AndrewMaksym]

I LOVE TOON SHADING!!! Bless whoever created this mod. Now all we need is a shader for Max steel, and slugterra style toons.

[@angryteapod1765]

the thing i need is if you can bake this into your model that would be awesome

[@nikkoa.3639]

@@angryteapod1765 A solution I've devised for that is to just duplicate the edges and convert it into grease pencil

[@_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_]

With arcane's popularity, a lot of people have been working on stylized stuff. The increase in tutorials and resources is amazing.

[@bhargavkalita2207]

We can assume blender will be industry standard within this decade if the development maintain this pace

[@AndrewMaksym]

It is! They ever used Blender for some of the older spiderman films and parts of the hobbit films as a preview-er.

[@roboterson]

Its starting to get there. We use it for storyboarding and some previz stuff, but nothing in the final production. Maybe in a few years I will finally be able to use it in production.

[@Cygnus888]

@@NN-ei5xq Why are you putting Blender and UE5 in the same category?

[@zigfaust]

Blender will always be a Swiss Army Knife. Those who think it can possibly be better than a Machete (Zbrush) or a pair of Hedge Clippers (Maya) are fooling themselves. I love Blender, but it's mainly for filling in production gaps that don't need to be specialized. Long story short: Blender is free, you'd be stupid to not pay for ONE other program that actually specializes in something.

[@surnamehello5030]

@@NN-ei5xq what???

[@evanlane1690]

The timing for this is AMAZING, both for the 2.93 release and for this video. You just saved me SO much time.

[@b.dalius5136]

So simple, so straight forward, and precise instructions. Dude, you're simply the best!!

[@bengelman2600]

This rules!!! That whole inside out thing was a bit much for multiple objects. Throwing everything I want lines on in a collection worked first time. Love it.

[@novikovPrinciple]

1:21 I haven't gotten around to using the new modifier yet, but from what I can see, that seems to be the Freestyle lines feature, but as its own modifier? Real nifty. Freestyle lines require fiddling with View Layers, Render Passes, and the Compositor, plus you need to re-render the Still Image or Animation to preview it. Being able to view the line results in real-time is nice, but I'm not sure I like how the program seems to chug just by dragging the camera with just one object to deal with.

[@andreapiuma5920]

the baking part is the only real disadvantage, at the same time while this mesh isnt too complex the number of lines drawn is quite high, i'll need to test better but for more "organic" animations (animals, people etc) it will probably be much better than freestyle or the old solidify trick

[@asahdigitalassets386]

I just used this on a quick rotation animation of the basic Buildify blend file. VERY cool. The gears are already turning

[@Choco3101]

This is the most reliable method I've found so far, thank you!

[@gibsonflyingv2820]

Wow this graphic looks so much like borderlands!! I love that digital cel shading look. Reminds me of like early 2000s digital anime almost. Great job!!

[@waretaSL]

NEVER clicked a tutorial vid so fast before omgggg i am excited for this

[@kyuoe]

I really admire your ability to create these beautiful materials, once I saw them I didn't even feel like creating an outline anymore. Is your "how to create believable textures" video a guide to achieving this look?

[@zevac]

This is the modifier we've all been waiting for

[@j.vonhogen9650]

This is an extremely helpful tutorial, and just what I needed! Thank you so much for your great video! 👍

[@amalyshok]

A message for those who, like me, were tormented trying to change the color to white. Make sure you check off the "Use lights" in the "Object Data Properties" section of stroke. Without this action, my lines were gray instead of white.

[@nembutsu1045]

you saved my life, now I can finally change the color of the lines, thanks

[@amalyshok]

@@nembutsu1045 I'm glad to help 🙂

[@davidswanson5669]

Oh how i wish that made a difference at all. Also someone else's tip about getting the crease angle edge modifer to work, doesn't do anything either.

[@davidswanson5669]

Ok figured out the crease angle issue - you can not have your normals use Auto Smooth (in the Object Data Properties: Normals), now to figure out the how to make the lines actually white.

[@Create_o_raptor]

I was looking for this before I went to sleep.. and see this in my recommendations by lunchtime the next day ( today)..

[@arambadr7342]

thanks for taking the time to record this !

[@colorofblack]

Great tutorial! The information that you need a camera in the scene would have been a good info to get right from the start though ;D I fumbled around and wondered why nothing happened until you mention that the smearing of the lines appears because it uses the camera point of view :D

[@othoapproto9603]

I know, Right!

[@GerryGoodDude]

Thanks for the video! Sure does beat using freestyle and having to wait for everrrr to check the results. Subscribed!

[@VSink7631]

Thank you for sharing this! I'm going to be using it for a mod that I'm making for FnF art (Because I'm bad at 2D art) and this is just what I need!

[@SeverinBrast]

Whooo! I've always loved that effect! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@valletas]

this reminds me a lot of some of the icons and comcept art you would see in cel shaded games during the ps2 era... makes me wonder if they were created using something like this

[@zillaquazar]

I'm glad I found your channel, I already follow you on Instagram. Your style is so eye-catching I love it

[@dugoo3405]

Yo dude thanks for the tutorial, worked great for me!

[@spencermckay8222]

I've tried it and it looks great... for a while. But after a while the lineart strokes just disappear. I've looked everywhere for help with this. Do you know anything about why it does this and how to fix it?

[@SolidSt8Dj]

Go back to the modifier and then unselect and reselect the collection/object. Worked for me!

[@andrewfulton1456]

Thanks for the great video. Can you tell me how you generated the view of the line art with just the blue background and line art only?

[@garymarkham5179]

Awesome as always 🙌🏻

[@icbfan7]

Thank you!! Great instructional video!

[@amitjnr1167]

I leaned a lot of things from your channel ❤️

[@DatYouTubeGuy]

It'd be awesome if there was a way to export this and get it to work in Unity or UE4.

[@io_inc]

this is beautiful

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

Nice vid! FYI, at 0:48, you can add a Grease Pencil Line Art element directly, which saves a couple of setup steps...

[@finnstewart6173]

good to see the osci studio guru around

[@ChrisAllenMusic]

@@finnstewart6173 :D

[@ritageraghty3261]

Priceless! Thank you for the tutorial.

[@PlushTrapEditz]

I swear I’ve played with this model on a game before.

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[@zevac]

4:32 I felt that

[@ratitimothy2845]

Your video really is helpful! thank you for making it

[@getter-one]

Does anyone know how to use the vertex weight transfer? I seen that you can affect the line weights with it but I can't pull it off.

[@Jamie-wh3kd]

looks ok, but i'm doing this on a character, when i apply strokes to the collection, and check the "in front" option, all the lines from the backside of the model show through. i can't seem to figure out how to make those lines from the back go away while still having clean lines.

[@linden1763]

Thought I had a solution, it was working in the viewport, but yeah the lines show through in the render. I hope someone comes up with a fix for this as the lines look so much cleaner when 'In Front' is used

[@Jamie-wh3kd]

@@linden1763 Yeah, it’s weird too because i thought these lines were generated from just the surfaces that are IN the camera view. So why would lines from surfaces on the back of the object be generated at all?

[@linden1763]

@@Jamie-wh3kd I seem to be having better luck by clicking the object I want to add lines to, then adding the "Object line art" Grease Pencil object rather than a "Stroke" object. Still have one weird line showing through my characters arm though...

[@CHILDREBELZO]

I'm at @2:07 and my lines aren't showing up, any help?

[@amoghagrawal1]

Loved the tutorial. It gives an unique hand drawn look to the mesh How to do that blueprint material?

[@bassemb]

Blue scene background, white material on the line art modifier

[@iamXAZofficial]

Lets say I want to export a GLB avatar from blender, into something like AR Spark for Instagram filters. Would there be a way for my little dude in the environment be able to have this style of linework that still interacts with camera angle while not in blender? Thanks for such a great video!

[@JeremyWeed]

Is there a way to change the brush type that it generates?

[@janus97]

I was having problems applying this to an existing mesh as well. It simply wasn't showing the lines inside the mesh, no matter what angle I used for the 'Crease' property. After trying everything I finally found the culprit: I had to enable 'Crease On Smooth' in the section 'Geometry Processing' of the Line Art modifier. Maybe this helps someone. 🙃

[@grimmdanny]

Since this is GP, I am assuming you can use the GP tools to make changes to each frame of lines such as thickening or thinning out some of the lines so it looks a bit more artistic rather than technical.

[@wailfulcrab]

Yes, but you have to apply the modifier if you want to sculpt the lines, but you are free to add more GP modifiers.

[@Cosmic-books]

Hello, good tutorial but I can't figure out how to render the line art in cycles or how to at the very least render the line art as a separate layer or convert the grease pencil to an object so I can render it separately? That way I could at least add the line art to the render in comp.

[@NICK....]

I've done a cycles render with the line art and it doesn't appear until the render is complete, so that might be what's happening to you I'm not much of a compositing wizard but I don't think you can render two different things at once, if you want to composite the lineart yourself you either have to use freestyle, which is a post process effect, or render two images for the conversion I did a quick test and you _can_ convert the line art to a curve but the result isn't great so I'd recommend using a transparent shader if you want the object to be hidden in the render

[@EricAndre615]

Wow! This is great

[@lemonworm]

I still kind of prefer Miguel Pozoe's lineart node ngl. It makes so much more sense to have the lines as part of the shader

[@stevevanasse6241]

Hey, you missed the last step! How did you create the blueprint effect? That’s the coolest part.

[@alexchazavi8244]

Just put a blue background and change the black stroke to white.

[@WW2Trooper44]

great tutorial

[@ilyanemihin6029]

Very useful tutorial, thanks!

[@Roger_Adams]

This is great. Thank you!

[@Samael2824]

I spent an entire night, literally from 8 to six in the morning trying to use the old solidify method, only to get sent this video when I asked for help, and found I'd been trying to use a mallet to break a Boulder, when I was standing on a sledgehammer.

[@jamesmatthewbalgua9178]

thank you for the free cg models.

[@mographlab]

excellent tutorial!

[@mellowmaniac3425]

This reminds me of Borderlands. I like it.

[@TimBrennan]

Thanks for the great tutorial. How do I fix lines that render pixelated and have stair steps?

[@kilomikesierra7840]

Is there any way to draw only outline edges, without any inner edges? I clicked all checkboxes none worked

[@frankp3118]

Anyone know why when grease pencil is applied, the line has a thin white line in the middle of the line in the viewport? It doesn't show when rendered, but can't see why the white line is there

[@adventuresinAI1982]

This doesn't seem to work in Blender 3.0 diverging at 2:05 seconds.

[@Ranstone]

Gosh dang it, I'm still stuck in 2.79. Anything beyond that crashes at the default cube. XD Blender is just teasing me at this point.

[@juko8794]

How did u do that!! For me, it's only making lines for active camera angle. And not all angles.

[@yeniboyut]

Great tutorial thanks. is it possible to slide as a stroke effects on object 's contour using line art? In the words, How to trim line art strokes and then how to scroll along contours?

[@vaepuer2290]

If you bake the line render does it then (or can it) go onto the material? Would save a lot of resource if I baked in the lines for games

[@ZeroStas]

Is there way to have Bloom being in front of grease strokes?

[@dworfkin5434]

Thx for that artifact fix!

[@fullyleaded]

How do attach the lineart to an animation when i render out an animation?

[@duncankones9729]

Hey, how did you make the blue prints like the blue background and white outlines at minute 12:36

[@NICK....]

Change the world to blue and the line art material to white, also use a transparent material for the line art object(s)

[@noirlavender6409]

I bake it then i try to render with cycles or eevee and the lines down't show there :(

[@Saasquash2000]

Hi, I have a problem with the grease pencile, the Overlay, the first plan of my scene, doesn't want to render the stroke. I tried to change things with the depth of field, nothing works... Do you have any ideas how can I resolve this issue ?

[@pastaeatinrasta1]

Hey man, any idea why this doesn't work on some objects? I tried the line art object and it's just completely blank. Any idea? Greatly appreciated!

[@alfiegordon9013]

Do you have a camera in the scene?

[@NICK....]

Also check that the line art isn't inside the object, it sometimes clips so far that it's not visible

[@ChristopherHemsworthCreative]

Thanks but also how did you get that white on blue look at the end of the video?? You don't seem to address that?

[@jippee1]

thats very easy. set background to blue, set material shader to blue (no bsdf), add the line art modifier. Voila you have the same blue and white

[@jippee1]

thats very easy. set background to blue, set material shader to blue (no bsdf), add the line art modifier. Voila you have the same blue and white

[@dippudo]

why does the texture disappear after baking it?

[@rc-st9pg]

Does anyone know how to change blenders default reflection image? You know the one of all the trees. Like you set a material all the way over to non metal, and you get that image as a reflection. Theres gotta be a way to change that. I dont want my objects reflecting trees when it inside. Im newb to this channel and new to blender. Thought Id ask while it just popped into my head watching this video. Thanks, enjoying the channel.

[@screwdriver1337]

Set your own scene lighting or hdri image

[@NICK....]

Are you sure you're in rendered mode (the rightmost ball in the top right) and not in material preview? As far as I know blender doesn't come prepacked with any HDRI other than material preview Either way you can change the reflections with an HDRI in the world material settings If you don't know what any of than means I suggest you check up on some beginner lighting tutorials

[@levigrey2309]

Is there a way to bake the lineart to the specific keyframes of a models animation instead of creating a bunch of needless frames?

[@GinoZump]

funny, I just needed a nice toon outline and your video just appeared. coolio! but what if I want the outline to only surround the object's rim - just the outside?

[@JeelaJuran]

Uncheck all the render boxes except CONTOUR.

[@Airaid007]

So I’m trying this on a character and it’s in places i don’t want like the face and hands… how would I get rid of those?

[@444-w8k]

why are their white lines in the middle of my strokes on the obj? I cant figure out how tor emove them. My stoke color is set to black but there are thin whte lines on every edge also.

[@Losjo4093]

how do you make it look like its sketched and not just a perfect line?

[@valterskalcenaus2250]

Hey! Great tutorial! Love the content! I kinda liked when you showed that the grease pencil jitters around the model after the bake. I was wondering if it is possible by any chance to see those drawing grease pencil lines FROM the camera view?

[@valterskalcenaus2250]

I mean, to see them animate - 11:47

[@DELETEpoiuy]

Thanks! But i have problem when finaly render result. In viewport have nice lines but in render it ragged. How it fix?

[@daton3630]

is there a way to add motion blur to the outline?

[@yuseitada45]

whats the glow effect you are using? looks great!

[@linden1763]

I do wish there was a way to provide a slight offset to the edge or something, the "In Front" method is a bit hit and miss with multiple items in the scene

[@bigdamnhero2297]

SICK!!! Could this be rendered as render pass if i only wanted the outlines? Similar to what freestyle offers?

[@shivangipriya4153]

How I make toon Shader ?? I could not find way like what I see on TV

Just amazing tool

[@leeanders3931]

It seems to have trouble with 45 degree angles, despite the angle limiter being above that. Is there a workaround for this?

[@AgriasOaks99]

Here's a noob question. When we export it into game engine, do we have the save visual result?

[@NICK....]

Anyone know why the render looks different than the viewport? I made a blender help post but no one answered There aren't any hidden objects that would somehow interfere with the rendering process or anything of the sort, honestly I'm starting to think it's a bug with my setup, I can link the blender post here if it's necessary

[@baileycastro6060]

I could try taking a look. Can you send the link?

[@NICK....]

@@baileycastro6060 blender.stackexchange.com/questions/227810/line-art-modifier-looks-different-in-render

[@baileycastro6060]

@@NICK.... Figured it out. At 3:55, SouthernShotty points out that the lines are intersecting with the geometry. He also tells us how to fix it in the next minute. You just need the grease pencil to be rendered in front.

[@NICK....]

​@@baileycastro6060 I know, the weird thing is that it's different than the viewport, if it was just the mesh intersecting than it should look like that in the viewport as well but it doesn't! Thanks anyways

[@baileycastro6060]

​@@NICK.... Using the viewport in rendered view doesn't look seem to be accurate for the line art modifier. I was using the solid view to gauge how the grease pencil should look. I'm curious on how you took both pictures.

[@bloodyidit4506]

I've tried it out and it's great for rendering but almost useless for in-game models. Is there a way to use this in some way for live models in video game engines? Some sort of export model feature i'm not aware of?

[@jake4d40]

What happens if you have multiple cameras in the scene that you want to switch between. Can you still bake it on a purcamera basis? or do you have to Leave it to ren at time of render?

[@dalencon]

thanks man :D

[@hookflash699]

Thanks for the overview! Do you know if there's a way to get the lines to taper when they terminate?

[@hugoantunesartwithblender]

How to make the lines apearing in render?

[@dumbcat]

since you are outlining with grease pencil, can you modify the brush?

[@waleedcreates4294]

how do i render only the line art ?

[@nembutsu1045]

as spawn1411 said in a comment below: to change the color of the lines check off the "Use lights" in the "Object Data Properties" section of stroke.

[@andthe.infinite]

will it work in animation?