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CINEMA 4D R11 Quickstart – Sketch and Toon
Welcome to Sketch and Toon (Optional module)
This is CINEMA 4D’s Quickstart Tutorial for its Sketch and Toon module. It will introduce you to some of this
renderer’s fantastic creative possibilities.
1. Introduction
Sketch and Toon belongs to the NPR family. This is an acronym for “Non-Photorealistic Renderer“ and simply
means that it’s not the renderer’s intention to generate highly realistic images but to do exactly the opposite:
To generate images that look like they were created using “traditional“ animation techniques. Do you want your
scene to look like a technical blueprint or maybe a pencil sketch? Do you want to give your animated characters
that traditional animation look? No problem for Sketch and Toon!
Sketch and Toon is very easy to operate. For instant results you can fall back on one of the many presets Sketch
and Toon provides. Otherwise you can have a ball with Sketch and Toon’s different settings. You will quickly
realize that Sketch and Toon is a very powerful tool that offers limitless possibilities. You can take influence on
practically any imaginable parameter. This gives you a cornucopia of render styles and you will never break the
boundaries of Sketch and Toon – we promise! If you want to get a taste of how you can metamorphose your
images just skip ahead to our gallery.
2. General Information / Interface
Sketch and Toon is a render effect. As you would expect you can find its settings in the Render Settings (Render
/ Render Settings) “Effects“ menu. As soon as you have selected “Sketch and Toon“ from the “Enable Post
Effects“ menu a wide array of settings is put at your disposal. These parameters let you determine the basic
look of your Sketch and Toon renderings.