Rotoscope is a graphical modification for Doom3, which enables high quality, real-time cartoon shading. Unlike other cartoon shaders, this modification preserves most of the graphical detail of the original game. Nevertheless, the visual experience of Doom3 is completely changed, and the onscreen display looks like a typical modern cartoon. Rotoscope can be used to make realistically looking comic stories, it can supply artistic effects for machinima, or it can simply be used to re-experience the classic Doom3 experience with a new "look-and-feel".

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Rotoscope is a graphical modification for Doom3, which enables high quality, real-time cartoon shading. Unlike other cartoon shaders, this modification preserves most of the graphical detail of the original game. Nevertheless, the visual experience of Doom3 is completely changed, and the onscreen display

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Rotoscope Cartoon Shader A Wierd Guy in the Bathroom...

Rotoscope is a graphical modification for Doom3, which enables high quality, real-time cartoon shading. Unlike other cartoon shaders, this modification preserves most of the graphical detail of the original game. Nevertheless, the visual experience of Doom3 is completely changed, and the onscreen display looks like a typical modern cartoon. Rotoscope can be used to make realistically looking comic stories, it can supply artistic effects for machinima, or it can simply be used to re-experience the classic Doom3 experience with a new "look-and-feel".

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Varsity
Varsity Aug 1 2006, 2:09pm says:

It would be nice if you could take this opportunity to brighten things up a bit...

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hammy-bob
hammy-bob Aug 1 2006, 2:41pm says:

I really think it looks a lot better once you get ingame really nice work :D

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CommandoPoop
CommandoPoop Aug 1 2006, 3:17pm says:

Cool shader effect. I like the look but its just a tad too dark.

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D@rson07
D@rson07 Aug 1 2006, 3:24pm says:

I think it looks kick ass, I want to try it

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digiwizard
digiwizard Aug 1 2006, 4:34pm says:

Effing amazing

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ATRAC
ATRAC Aug 1 2006, 12:34pm says:

This reminds me of Killer 7. Nice work!

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Mr.Kadish
Mr.Kadish Aug 1 2006, 12:34pm says:

Looks good, but find a way to make it look more like a true cartoon and less like the image has simply been posterized.

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_Kat_
_Kat_ Aug 1 2006, 1:01pm says:

Indeed. Release a video because right now these screen shots look like they're Photoshopped...

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ImTheDarkcyde
ImTheDarkcyde Aug 1 2006, 1:07pm says:

holy jeez that look nice!

but yeah, i agree you should release a video

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Chunky
Chunky Aug 1 2006, 12:11pm says:

Hmm a bit weird with such a dark game, but still cool.

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ambershee
ambershee Aug 1 2006, 12:30pm says:

It's a good start, it might want a bit more contrast thrown into it and a few other tweaks here and there :)

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JoeX111
JoeX111 Aug 1 2006, 5:30pm says:

Or, you guys could just download it and see for yourselves.

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Jimi
Jimi Aug 1 2006, 5:37pm says:

Now the game is looking like something :D

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methy
methy Aug 1 2006, 6:17pm says:

Looking crash hot.

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archaon
archaon Aug 2 2006, 3:02am says:

YOU DO KNOW CHANGING THE ENGINE IS ILLEGAL RIGHT??

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hellborg
hellborg Aug 2 2006, 3:49am says:

I am happy to see that many of you like this mod! I just made a little website (http://dungeondoom.d3files.com/rotoscope/), which so far does not contain much though. I would really like to release a video, but I do not have the capabilities to record one on my machine. It is simply not powerful enough to run the game and to screencapture at high resolution and high framerates - and making a low res or slideshow-like video would not really give it justice. So, if any of you guys can make a video, I would be very happy to post it.

Concerning the shader itself, it is not an engine modification, but simply an image postprocess running on the graphics card. It is not illegal at all. I tried some variations of it, such as smoother transitions between the brighter and darker parts, but the result was basically a less cartoonish/artistic and more technical look-and-feel, which I did not like so much. Anyways, these details, as well as the question, if Doom3's environments should be lightened up compared to the original are mostly a matter of taste. But anyways, keep posting your comments, but if you have a suggestion to improve the effect, try to be as specific as possible!

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