Sketch and Toon outlines – I’m going crazy here!

[Brian Jones]

you need to use the Default Hidden slot in the S&T render settings Lines tab (or in the Sketch Style Tag if you are using that). Put the same sketch material you have set up for the outlines as is in the Default Visible slot and it should give you what you want.

[Ben Waddleton]

Hey

doesn’t seem to be working.. I’m probably doing something wrong – I’ve got everything unchecked except “outline” and I’ve copied what was in default visable into default hidden and I’m getting this result

what I’m trying to get is just the outline without that line “dissecting” the two spheres

as I say – probably user error!

[Ben Waddleton]

success!

I’ve achieved it pretty much by accident – using the “clip render” on outside geometry

thanks anyways!

[Murilo Timo]

Please. can you explain it?

“clip render” on outside geometry?

[Brian Jones]

The best way to get a combined outline of different objects is to use the Outline Culling setting in Render Settings/Sketch and Toon/Lines and set it to “Project” – just read somewhere this year that perfect spheres have a lot of limitations with S&T and need to be made editable to work reliably (and maybe triangulate them too).
That would have been the solution to Bens’ original problem. His workaround is in the Render settings of the Sketch Material – Clip Render appears in there but try the Outline Culling first.

[Stuart Paciej]

Hi I’m having similarly annoying results with outlines being unpredictable. It may be best for me to start a new post but I’ll start here first if you don’t mind.

I have a rigged character with S&T renderer. However the outline often breaks in places. I presume this is some kind of polygonal horizo where it doesn’t see a full edge perhaps?

Any suggestions on how to get a guaranteed outline?

Thanks