[Figure 7] 3D motion blur (left). [Figure 8] Cartoon rendered image (right). 

Render a Cartoon

1. Choose File, Open and select and open the Smile.pz3 file.

2. Click the Material tab at the top of the interface to open the Material Room and select the Advanced tab to access the Advanced panel.

3. Click the head element in the Document Window to select the head material group.

4. Click the Set Up Toon Render wacro button. A dialog box appears asking if you want highlights. Click the Yes button.

5. Click the Neck element to select and repeat step 4 for this element. Then set the ToonID value for the Neck element to be equal to the Head object.

6. Switch back to the Pose Room, and then select the Render, Render Settings menu command to open the Render Settings dialog box. Enable the Toon Outline option, select the Thin Pen option and click the Render Now button.

The rendering proceeds and the resulting image is displayed in the Render panel, as shown in Figure 8.

7. Select File, Save As and save the file as Cartoon smile.pz3.

Find out more about how to put the power of Poser 7 to work as you learn how to use the new Talk Designer to automatically sync facial animations to an audio track, combine the power of Poser 7 with other software packages, create new motions using the new animation layers feature and much more. Check back to VFXWorld frequently to read new excerpts.

Poser 7 Revealed: The e frontier Official Guide by Kelly L. Murdock. Boston, MA: Thomson Course Technology, 2007. 592 pages with illustrations. ISBN 13: 978-1-59863-296-5; ISBN 10: 1-59863-296-5 ($29.99).

Kelly L. Murdock has a background in engineering, specializing in computer graphics. He has worked on several large-scale visualization projects, created 3D models for several blockbuster movies and has worked as a freelance 3D artist and designer. Murdock is the author or co-author of several books, including seven editions of the 3ds Max Bible, two editions of the Illustrator Bible, Adobe Creative Suite Bible, Maya 7 Revealed, LightWave 3D 8 Revealed and Poser 6 Revealed. He works with his brother at his co-founded design company, Logical Paradox Design.