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title: "V-Ray Toon Channel"
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This page provides information about V-Ray Toon Channel in V-Ray for Houdini.
## **Overview**
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## **Parameters**
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## **Common Uses**
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The V-Ray Toon Render Element is useful for changing the appearance of a render in a compositing or image editing application. The V-Ray Toon Render Element holds a mask for the toon outlines (the toon color is not present in it).
It has an option to invert its output so instead of white lines on a black background, we can get the opposite. It also supports opacity set from the toon effect. See how V-Ray Toon looks with inverted colors.
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When V-Ray materials reflections and refractions are **not** set to **Affect All** **channels**, V-Ray Toon is not applied to them. See how the RE looks when that mode is set and when it is not. In this example, **Invert color** is enabled.
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V-Ray Toon is often used for creating cartoon-like renders. This can be achieved my **Multiplying **it by the [V-Ray Diffuse Render Element](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYHOUDINI/pages/113279772) in a compositing or editing software.
## **Notes**
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- For the toon effect to be visible in the V-Ray Toon Render Channel, the V-Ray Toon effect node must be present and active.
- When the **Show Toon Lines in Reflections** option is enabled for the V-Ray Toon node, then in order for all reflected toon lines to be present in the render element, you need to set the V-Ray materials' reflection to **Affect All channels**. Lights must also be turned on within the scene or no reflections/refractions will be present in the render.
- This render element is not supported with V-Ray GPU rendering.