Shade/Shape automatically turns your 2D artwork into 3D rendered imagery!
Shade/Shape Features
Give your 2D artwork more punch!
Automatically 3D shades your 2D text, logos and pictures by using the outline and features of the artwork to give it volume and depth.
Enhance your character animation
Animated 2D characters really stand out when Shade/Shape is applied!
Be creative!
Develop cool effects and abstract transitions. Add natural 3D shading effect to your existing image sequences.
Feature Specs
Automatic depth and volume
Shade/Shape automatically generates 3D shading for your 2D graphical and picture elements using our shading-from-shape technology.
Metallic looks
Add depth, shading and metallic luster to your titles and logos!
Glass looks
Create glassy objects by reflecting the background sequence THROUGH your object!
Support for 3D surface normals
Shade/Shape also comes with a plugin, that uses the shading techniques in Shade/Shape to shade the normals produced by a 3D system or even Shade/Shape itself.
Bump and environment mapping
Add further detailing by applying reflection and bump maps.
Fine tune the shaping
Stable and smooth-over-time shading produced for moving imagery. As 2D elements merge and split in a sequence, Shade/Shape automatically merges and splits the geometry in an intuitve fashion!