jMonkeyEngine 3.0 Beginner's Guide

Time for action — toons and artistic effects

CartoonEdge, Posterization, and CrossHatch (from the com.jme3.post.filters package) are three examples of artistic filters. In contrast to the other photo-realistic filters, artistic filters make the 3D scene look flat and untextured, as if painted or printed.

The following screenshot shows how a toon shader makes the fiercest dinosaur look cute:

The toon effect is activated just like any other filter:

1. Make a copy of Main.java and name the class Cartoon.java. Remember to also refactor the first line of the main() method to Cartoon app = new Cartoon().
2. Add three class fields: one for the scene, one for the ...