Lots of people have requested images of Celulight in action because they’re not quite sure what it does, so I’ve decided to post some renders from the images I use to test the plug-in’s various effects and parameters.
Here I’m using some free clipart for illustration purposes; please focus on the shading and not so much on the quality of the characters themselves!
All images are straight from Celulight with no post-production or cleanup — no other plug-ins were involved. The settings used to achieve the effects shown are more or less the default for the different modes with only minor tweaks where necessary.
So here we go! On the left we see the original cel or outline drawing and on the right what it looks like after applying Celulight:
The first image simply shows the normal map generated by Celulight from the outlines on the left.
Here we have a painterly rendering effect created by combining the Paint Texture and Bump Map features.
This is a smooth gradient effect like we often see on Feature Film posters — this type of effect is rarely used in animation because painting the gradients by hand is prohibitively expensive, whereas it’s just a simple click of a button with Celulight.
I hope these images help to illustrate Celulight’s capabilities — of course these are still images, but it works for animations just as well.
If you have any more test renders to add, please post them in the CGTalk thread!
