Edge from Bitmap?

[digitarch]

Hi,
i would like to create an visible edge around people billboards. Vrayedge doesn´t work as there is no geometry edge. vrayedge also doesn´t react on displaced edge using vraydisplacement to clip the geometry. Somebody knows the trick?
Matthias

[digitarch]

hmmm, works with vraytoon but - somebody knows how to create shapeborder from bitmap without unsing environent effect/post?
Matthias

[svetlozar.draganov]

Hello there,

Could you please post a few examples of what do you want to achieve - a sample scene would be even better.
Thank you very much in advance.

[Morne]

Hello there,

Could you please post a few examples of what do you want to achieve - a sample scene would be even better.
Thank you very much in advance.

I think what he is saying is that he wants to render the 2D billboard people like this 3D people example in the 1st post:
http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbu...e-Been-Deleted

In that post it seems to be 3D people, but would be nice if we could do same effect for 2D billboard people

[digitarch]

Yes exactly. Using 2D People billboards and Creating a Black outline. I Managed it with vray displacement and clipping, Creating The outline with vray toon. But for many billboard People That is Not very elegant.
Matthias

[muoto]

why not just map it ?
ok maybe a bit long, but works

[Morne]

why not just map it ?
ok maybe a bit long, but works

Because with a render effect like VRayToon its "a click of a button". Mapping it requires changing all your people maps which will take forever