Technology

It is always amazing to see the technology that we strive to make possible being implemented and used by people and artists all around the world. This is a place to share what technology is available out in the wild.

• BeCasso (Oil and Watercolor filtering) using technology from Semmo et al., Wang et al. and Bousseau et al.
• Prisma (Neural networks stylization) using technology from Gatys et al.
• PaintCan (Oil painting from photography) using technology from Winnemöller et al.
• SnapDot (Stippling filtering) using technology from Adrian Secord
• PencilFX (Pencil drawing filtering) using technology from Gooch et al.
• StyLit demo (Example-based stylization of 3D renderings) using technology from Fišer et al.

Compositing software

• Natron by Inria

Object-space stylization

• Psoft Pencil+ 4 -> 3ds Max plugin for offline NPR (mostly anime)
• Maneki -> Maya framework for offline NPR (mostly anime)
  • See also the keynote presentation: Maneki and “Photo Surreal Rendering”
• finalToon -> 3dx Max plugin for NPR

Stroke-space stylization

• ArtRage -> natural painting software
• Rebelle -> watercolor and wet-media painting software

Compositing software

• Nuke by The Foundry
• Fusion by Blackmagic Design