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[alenaksu]

Hi!
I'd like to have a cartoon style effect with edge detection for my characters, but I can't find a working shader and I am not so skilled in HLSL to write one
Can someone help me?

Thanks in advance!


UPDATE:
this is the shader and the result rendered in the wme_effects project
http://www.alessandrovaleri.it/ToonWithSilhouetteRendering.txt

[alenaksu]

I made some progress .. This is the result, but I have to improve the shader

[alenaksu]

I finally got something like a cel-shader
I added a posterization effect to make the character much more toon-style (8-colors for this example)

The only thing remains, is the outline effect, I can't get it work yet 

[Mnemonic]

Hey that's cool!
Can't you use the old glow shader for the outline?

[alenaksu]

Hi Mnemonic!
Yes, I tried with glow effect but the result was not so good.. So I decided to try with a Sobel edge detection algorithm. Here is the result, I hope you like it

There is a way to obtain the game resolution with scripting?
And if you want I can send you the shader source for publish it on your site

[odnorf]

There is a way to obtain the game resolution with scripting?

No. I can't imagine a use for such a feature in-game. The engine runs on a fixed resolution that the developer sets

[alenaksu]

I would like to pass it to the shader as parameter, just for elegance xD. Anyway i can set it directly in the effect file

Thank you

[odnorf]

I just checked and I found Game.ScreenWidth and Game.ScreenHeight attributes that return screen width & height. I can't check it right now to see if they return game's resolution or layer's size. You can try it.

[Mnemonic]

Yes, I tried with glow effect but the result was not so good.. So I decided to try with a Sobel edge detection algorithm. Here is the result, I hope you like it

I sure do

There is a way to obtain the game resolution with scripting?

As odnorf said, there are the Game.ScreenWidth and Game.ScreenHeight properties.

And if you want I can send you the shader source for publish it on your site

That would be awesome.