Questions tagged [freestyle]
An edge and line-based non-photorealistic (NPR) rendering engine. Available in Blender since version 2.67. Use this tag for all of your Freestyle related questions.
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Blender 2.8 Freestyle SVG exporter broken?
I'm trying to create line drawings from my model (which I have done many, MANY times before), but the new version is not working how I'm used to. Yesterday it was creating the freestyle lines in the ...
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Freestyle render - Problems getting it right
I am trying to get the same result as:
From Render docs, Freestyle SVG Exporter.
I have tried working with freestyle edge marks, but it does not get the desired result.
I have tried the different ...
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Does Blender support multiple sets of marked edges in Freestyle?
For Freestyle, is there only one such an edge set for storing the marked edges?
I think it would be very useful if there are many edge sets for Freestyle. For example, we may then use different styles ...
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Can’t get freestyle to render
I am trying to render the wire frame of (any) model using freestyle. I have followed every tutorial I could find, and no matter what settings I check or uncheck, the outline never renders.
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Freestyle line color from underlying material not working as expected
I'm trying to color freestyle lines using the underlying material. It looks like it should be able to pick up the RGBAa diffuse and specular channels, and the documentation agrees. But I can't make it ...
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Multicolored outlines (For Blender Render)
I want to give to my model a outline with multiple colors.
As you can see in this image, the outlines are slighty darker than the material they surround. How can I do something like that in Blender (...
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Render Freestyle Edge as Alpha layer
Simple animation that has edge layers on one object, but I want to render the Freestyle edge as a separate alpha layer so I can control the transparency. Is there an easy way to accomplish this?
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y2k edged chrome font
Hey Guys,
has anyone of you an idea how I can create this sharped/ edged Type in Blender?
I am new at it and I dont know how to start the modeling or maybe to use Geo nodes?
Alot of Tutorials are out ...
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How do I use the Freestyle SVG Exporter to reproduce the examples in the documentation?
If I understand correctly from the severely short documentation page, the Freestyle SVG exporter can export a model to a SVG file using different styles:
-a series of volumetric lines, as seen here:
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How to stop freestyle from rendering overlapping vertices?
I have this object that I created by mirroring one half of it (the mirror joint is highlighted):
When I render it normally there's no trace of the joint that's between mirrors:
But when I try to ...
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Freestyle contour lines don't cover my full model and obscures edges
I have a front facing orthographic view of a voxel model and I'm trying to give it an outline that only goes around the edges. But unless I tilt the model slightly the freestyle outline barely covers ...
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Can Blender's Freestyle outline have a line boil that happens on 3's?
I'm trying to figure out a way to adjust frame rate of the freestyle line boil in Blender. Currently, I can only seem to have it boil on 1's. Meaning every frame of footage, the outline moves a bit. I ...
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Using "mark freestyle edges" to prevent some edges from rendering, is it possible in my case?
This is my mesh. I don't want the marked edges to show in the freestyle render pass, but they do.
This is the X-ray mode. I don't want these marked edges to render.
I am aware that I should delete ...
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Claw swing effect? How can I make this effect? [duplicate]
this is the animation made by Nammac.
https://objkt.com/tokens/hicetnunc/511008
When the monster swing his claw, the 3 line effects appearing and disappearing is quite cool. How can I achieve that ...
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Freestyle line set is drawing things outside from the view
I'm working on an office scene with Blender 4.1 and I have created a freestyle line set, but it is drawing things that are hidden by another object, here I leave You the render with and without the ...
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Customizing Freestyle Line alpha Along one Direction
I have a subdivided mesh cube, so I need to decrease its freestyle lines' alpha in one direction of its Object Space, for example, along
cube X. I've used the 'Distance from Object' freestyle modifier,...
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Freestyle lines are not fully shown / not visible
Does anyone know why all the outline options I try in blender have this same effect.
When I look at the object from the front view some lines are not shown.
I actually need the lines in front to be ...
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How do you add a thin outline?
I am new at this. I am extracting files from a game. In the game they have thin black outlines, but they aren't part of a model. I am having trouble finding anything about this. What is the simplest ...
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Alternatives to freestyle and grease pencil when using panoramic cameras? For full-dome rendering. Cycles only <3
I'm working on a full dome project, rendering in Cycles with a fisheye equidistant camera with a 210d FoV angle.
Since freestyle and grease pencil are not supported with panoramic cameras (please let ...
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Outline using freestyle missing some parts of the mesh
I use freestyle to add outline but somehow the hair line takes over the face.
And the face seems behind the hair.
No not just the hair its also behind the neck.
Like somehow face mesh doesnt exist :|
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How to export fills on Freestyle SVG export?
I have a simple cube object with a blue diffuse color. I enable the freestyle svg plugin and check all the necessary boxes. Freestyle exports the edges to the .SVG but there are no colors present.
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How to avoid gaps appearing in Freestyle lines?
How can I avoid these breaks when rendering outline using freestyle ?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16dK_Q-b8PJ3QYIaJNwdPlHQp2GODaXQU/view?usp=sharing
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Changes to Freestyle in Blender 4.0
I recently changed to blender 4.0.2 from 3.something and i have noticed that my setup for freestyle outlines is behaving differently.
It now outlines decals (which i set up as a separate mesh which is ...
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Linking Freestyle to Camera DOF
I was wondering if it is possible to use Freestyle in conjunction with the camera’s DOF? I would like to set up a wide angle camera with focus on a far away subject, and have the freestyle lines ...
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Is setting the freestyle edge parameter via geonodes possible?
I have found this question that addresses the reverse problem. But how do I set the freestyle parameter for my generated geometry? I tried looking in the spreadsheet for any additional attribute that ...
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Inconsistent/jagged outline(?)
I'm working on something and I want to make a jagged outline similar to the outline of this 3d model. Preferably it'll change its jagged-ness each frame and it'll only encompass the exterior of the ...
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Problems with using freestyle and array modifier together and freestyle clipping through objects
I'm relatively inexperienced and am having trouble figuring out how to remove the freestyle lines between array duplicates. I'm also having trouble with freestyle going through objects
the building ...
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Multiple lineart silhouettes/outlines with different colors (layer order)
I would like to create Blender line art that outlines an object in black with an additional larger outline in white. When I create image 1 using Greasepencil line art and try to add a white outline by ...
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Freestyle SVG Export with Stereoscopy
I have a scene set up with multiple cameras and I have it working so that I can get multiple raster images and save them. However With Freestyle SVG enabled it saves all of the svg images on top of ...
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How to exclude an object from Freestyle render?
The question is how can I exclude an object from the freestyle render?
What I need to do is create a Clay render with the wire only on the airplane.
My scene is simple I only have two objects the "...
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Render Freestyle strokes behind objects with alpha transparency?
I'm trying to make a wall disappear. Does freestyle support alpha? I mean there is an alpha for strokes but all it does is making my lines disappear but I still can't see strokes behind the wall
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How to make rigged vector shadows on 3d mesh?/changing Texture shapes based on lighting/ Making freestyle lines look more 2d like
I want to do flat 2d shadows on a 3d mesh for that cartoon effect in blender. The problem is, from my research, is the human eye can always detect when the shadow wraps perfectly around the mesh, ...
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Greases pencils Line Art Modifier- Scratched line Error
I use grease pencil line art. I want a neat outline. but I never want that to have scratched lines on its arms. How do I fix it?
If I turn off intersections, it is now a dashed line
Please don't ...
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How can I get outlines to just go around the edge of object?
I've tried a few methods of rendering outlines but I just want it to go around the silhouette. Freestyle and the solidify method both give me too many outlines or dont show up at certain angles like ...
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Freestyle stroke thickness change in different rendering resolutions
Have I missed a checkbox somewhere? (Tried this question in other forums without response)
I’ve noticed that the stroke appearance alters when changing the render output resolution. This make the ...
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Basic Consistently sized outline with depth
I am struggling to create a very simple outline because of its criteria.
I would like the outline to not draw atop the object and affect the object's size, and the width to scale as if it were an ...
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Edge Marking not rendering
Posted this on another forum already, but at this point I'm trying to get as much help as possible. I've also already gone through a handful of other forums trying to fix freestyle edge rendering ...
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How to improve performance when rendering freestyle lines only?
I have a moderately complex scene that I wish to render in a "line only" style like blueprints. I've enabled freestyle rendering and stuck with the Workbench render engine given that I don't ...
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can't enable freestyle
I am checking all boxes but the freestyle outlines are not visible in the rendering.
I have tried different crease angles, butt/round profiles, but I cannot see anything.
Any bet on what it could be ?
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How do I fix these glitches in freestyle renders?
My freestyle renders randomly have these glitches in them (circled in red). From what I can tell they appear sometimes where there is geometry in the background that crosses lines in the foregroud - I'...
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How to export an SVG with fill per material slot?
I am trying to export an SVG using multiple meshes with multiple material slots with the Freestyle SVG Export plugin:
(using default settings for everything else with Freestyle)
I can export with ...
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How to make freestyle look hand drawn?
I'm still learning blender 3d so I'm sorry if this is hard to understand.
I'm trying to edit the stroke/textures on the freestyle editor so where it looks hand drawn/sketchy I'm hoping to get some ...
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Create SVG "Scan" lines in freestyle / Replicating documented effect
I am observing the documentation page for the freestyle SVG exporter, and would like to know how to reproduce the effect demonstrated in the header image, shown below. I am specifically interested in ...
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Non-photorealistic shading + outline in an illustration aesthetic style
I am working on a project, and I want to replicate the Charles Schulz-esque line style and grain-flavoured airbrush shading. How do I do this in the attached figures in Blender?
Any suggestions would ...
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How long it takes to render in Freestyle mode? [closed]
I am a beginner in Blender, and I have a question for you if you can help me.
I have a scene with multiple objects and a total of 1,731,619 triangles and I am rendering in Eevee in Freestyle.
I have ...
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How to export object outline as DWG or SVG lines without modifying mesh?
I was wondering if there was a way to export object outlines as displayed in the viewport as SVG/DWG lines. I'm aware of the Line Art modifier for greasepencil object but there are some issues with it ...
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Freestyle Renders Triangles but the original Mesh are Quads
I'm doing a freestyle render of this model because I want the SVG. But the result difers from the original mesh. Freestyle adds in between lines on every quad making it triangles. I've been trying to ...
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black edge lines not showing in Freestyle
No doubt I'm missing something obvious, but I can't get the black line edges in Freestyle to show, either in the viewport or in the render. Any ideas why? I'm in Eevee.
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How to kill Freestyle 'scribbles' and 'flecks'?
Here's a technical model I tidied up topologically. I want Freestyle line diagrams out of it. But I'm getting problems.
Overprinted lines/"scribbles". There are two line styles in operation....
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Freestyle Noise Modifier Animation
I've started getting into Freestyle, and found that for a rough, sketchy look, the spatial noise or perlin noise modifier under Geometry tab works great, however when I animate things, these modifiers ...
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