Cartoon Edge renderer

[tkbd]

Currently, Wings3D's cartoon edge exporter can be only the output EPS line data.
It is great if Wings3D could export for SVG/PDF format include surface polygons.

So I contact to Dmitry Efremov the plugin author.
Fotunetry!!,he already inplement face render SVG,
however it has been stopped in the middle of development for many yerars.
Then I talk with him many times for the plugin and got some useful advice about.
(Thank you very much!)
and I decided to take over his source.

I planned a following feature addition.
(Edit: Todo List, 2015/6/13)

• [v]Choosable render elements from Edges and(or) Faces.
  
• (Abort)Material Colorset export
  
• [v]Edge color export
  
• [v]Transparent Back Edge display
  
• [v]Non Photo Realistic rendering(Brush,Charcoal,Pencil etc...)
  
• [v]SVG format compatibiliy for Inkscape/Illutrator/WebBrowsers
  
• It is proportional to the width of the stroke in the distance.
  

(Edit: Fix broken photobucket's Link)






SVG rendering test




There is no guarantee that they are implemented and release.
Anyway this work will takes a LONG time for these implement.

NPR exporter_ Merge colinear lines

(Edit: add about Merge coliear lines)

(This plugin already contained in Wings,
so bottom of links are out of date now )
Cartoon Edge exporter(SVG/EPS)beta for Wings3D v1.5.4 & 2.0 later

• Download page
  
• The report of SVG renderers
  

(Edit: add Notation)

[Extrudeface]

Very nice project !

Congratulations

[tkbd]

Thank you for your interest.
I'm happy just that.

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This is to reproduce the non-photorealistic rendering using the currently available SVG filter effects.
If SVG2.0 will be formulated, it will probably increase the variation of expression.

Current Todo(Progress is slowly at my own pace.).
*Verifying for other graphics applications,whether it can display the output SVG file.
(AICS,Inkscape,Firefox,Chrome,InternetExplorer,Filtered,Scribus,etc...)
*Review of the UI.
*Commit the plugin code to the Wings git tree.

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tkbd

[dgud]

*Commit the plugin code to the Wings git tree.

Like this part!!

[Mishou]

How did I miss this?! Great work! Waiting for more!

[Dimitri]

Merry Christmas everyone!

Tkbd this is a very nice idea indeed. There seems that there is a problem in the plugin however. I installed it, the export dialogue appears in Wings and saves the files but whenever I do try to open them in Inkspace or Photoshop they do not open. Inkscape crashes and closes while Photoshop gives a 'non proper file' message. What may be going on?

[tkbd]

Thanks all.

Dimitri Wrote

I do try to open them in Inkspace or Photoshop they do not open. Inkscape crashes and closes while Photoshop gives a 'non proper file' message. What may be going on?

Merry X'mas Dimitri,Thank you try my plug-ins.
Could you tell me to which version of softwares you're using?
Your OS,Software version and How to opened the file in a way?(Open and/or Import,Drag and Drop)

And...
Does the toruble occur in either or all? :

• The Style/Filter preset catalog (This file using MANY SVG filters).
  
• A SVG file that rendered some 3D objects by this plugin.
  
• EPS file?
  

If you are using an older PC, many of SVG filter will be the burden of the operation.

How did opened a svg file with Inkscape?
If you read the svg file by "File > Import" or "Drag-and-Drop" on Inkscape ,then Inkscape is crash with some runtime error message.
Open correctly If you use "File > Open".(On Windows/MacOSX)

Photoshop can't to read SVG file. Please use the file of EPS format instead.
Note1 : But EPS format isn't support SVG filter effect and transparency.
Note2 : Later Photoshop Elements 11 doesn't support EPS import.

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tkbd

[Dimitri]

Thanks a lot for the so devoted answer Tkbd. I tried the 'open' instead of 'import' in Inkscape (with svg files) and it worked very well. The eps files still do not open in Photoshop though. But, anyway, this is not a problem, their opening in Inkscape -where the vectors are fully editable too- is quite enough. : - )

Thanks again for this so nice plugin... it is a very significant enrichment for Wings, indeed.

[Extrudeface]

I agree, amazing and useful project.

Indeed, I think import in Inkscape is for bitmap, and open for vectorial files... But I could be quite wrong...