User Guide

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The #toon modifier has the following properties:
Note: For more detailed information about the following properties see the individual property entries.
• style allows you to get or set the style applied to color transitions. The following are the
possible values:
#toon gives sharp transitions between available colors.
#gradient gives smooth transitions between available colors.
#blackAndWhite gives sharp transition between black and white.
• colorSteps allows you to get or set the number of different colors used for lighting
calculations. When setting this value it is rounded down to nearest power of 2. Allowed values
are 2, 4, 8, and 16. The default is 2.
• shadowPercentage allows you to get or set the percentage of the colors (colorSteps) defined
for lighting used to render the shadowed portion of the model’s surface. Possible values range
from 0 to 100. The default is 50.
• shadowStrength allows you to get or set the level of darkness applied to the shadowed portion
of the model’s surface. Possible values are any non-negative floating-point number. The default
value is 1.0.
• highlightPercentage allows you to get or set the percentage of the colors defined for
lighting (
colorSteps) used to render the highlighted portion of the model’s surface. Possible
values range from 0 to 100. The default is 50.
• highlightStrength allows you to get or set the level of brightness applied to the highlighted
portion of the model’s surface. Possible values are any non-negative floating-point number.
The default value is 1.0.
• lineColor allows you to get or set the color of lines drawn by the inker. Possible values are any
valid Lingo color object. The default value is
rgb (0, 0, 0), which is black.
• creases allows you to get or set whether lines are drawn in creases. This is a Boolean value; the
default value is
True.
• creaseAngle, if creases is set to TRUE, allows you to get or set how sensitive the line drawing
function of the toon modifier is to the presence of creases.
• boundary allows you to get or set whether lines are drawn around the boundary of the surface.
This is a Boolean value; the default value is
True.
• lineOffset allows you to get or set where lines are drawn relative to the shaded surface and
the camera. Negative lines move lines toward the camera. Positive values move lines away from
the camera. Possible values are floating-point numbers from -100.0 to 100.0. The default value
is -2.0.
• useLineOffset allows you to get or set whether lineOffset is on or off. This is a Boolean
value; the default value is
False.
• silhouettes allows you to get or set whether lines are drawn to define the edges along the
border of a model, outlining its shape. This is a Boolean value; the default value is
True.
See also
addModifier, modifiers, sds (modifier), inker (modifier)