# Edge from Bitmap? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [April 12, 2013, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/edge-from-bitmap/44861 "2013-04-12T09:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![digitarch](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/digitarch/32/235054_2.png) [@digitarch](https://forums.chaos.com/u/digitarch)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/edge-from-bitmap/44861/1 "2013-04-12T09:57:42Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![digitarch](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/digitarch/32/235054_2.png) [@digitarch](https://forums.chaos.com/u/digitarch)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/edge-from-bitmap/44861/2 "2013-04-12T11:55:42Z")
hmmm, works with vraytoon but - somebody knows how to create shapeborder from bitmap without unsing environent effect/post? Matthias ---
**Author:** ![svetlozar.draganov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/svetlozar.draganov/32/53004_2.png) [@svetlozar.draganov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/svetlozar.draganov)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/edge-from-bitmap/44861/3 "2013-04-15T13:44:57Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Morne](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/morne/32/11335_2.png) [@Morne](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Morne)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/edge-from-bitmap/44861/4 "2013-04-26T14:15:19Z")
> [@Lavoir](https://forums.chaos.com/t/lavoir/40845/4): > > 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/vbulletin/showthread.php?69957-VRaytoon-Thinks-Scene-Objects-Have-Been-Deleted](http://www.chaosgroup.com/forums/vbulletin/showthread.php?69957-VRaytoon-Thinks-Scene-Objects-Have-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 ---
**Author:** ![digitarch](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/digitarch/32/235054_2.png) [@digitarch](https://forums.chaos.com/u/digitarch)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/edge-from-bitmap/44861/5 "2013-04-27T15:12:27Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![muoto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@muoto](https://forums.chaos.com/u/muoto)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/edge-from-bitmap/44861/6 "2013-04-27T17:42:12Z")
why not just map it ? ok maybe a bit long, but works;) ---
**Author:** ![Morne](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/morne/32/11335_2.png) [@Morne](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Morne)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/edge-from-bitmap/44861/7 "2013-04-29T08:21:29Z")
> [@Looking for high res textures](https://forums.chaos.com/t/looking-for-high-res-textures/41004/2): > > 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