RafaSC - Toon Studio Lite - Free Toon Shader UE5

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FREE TOON SHADER FOR UNREAL ENGINE 5

Video: https://youtu.be/qLLKmu_1AkU · Docs: illustrated PDF guide included in the download · Support: Questions tab on this listing

Toon Studio Lite: one actor, three toon looks, zero setup.

Drop BP_ToonStudio into your level, pick a preset in a dropdown and your whole scene changes style. No material changes. No plugins. No C++. No Post Process Volume needed: the actor carries its own.

WHAT YOU GET

  • 01 Toon: classic toon shading with clear light bands that follow your Directional Light.

  • 13 Outline: outlines only, your own art stays untouched. The lightest preset.

  • 02 Anime Soft: a soft, clean anime look.

FEATURES

  • One actor, one dropdown: Details > Toon Studio > Preset.

  • Outline Color and Shadow Color.

  • Look Amount, Saturation / Contrast / Brightness.

  • Split Compare slider: see your scene before and after.

  • Tested on UE 5.8 in a Blank project and in a Maximum project (Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps).

The same shaders are tested with TSR and Nanite in the full pack.

  • GPU cost, measured on the full pack with the same shaders: Outline 0.29 ms, Toon 1.02 ms,

Anime Soft 1.04 ms (RTX 3080, 1920x1080). Your numbers will vary with your scene and

hardware.

  • Demo level included, with a small stylized diorama (demo content is for presentation only).

HOW TO USE (30 seconds)

  1. Add the pack to your project. It lands in Content/ToonStudio.

  2. Drag BP_ToonStudio into your level.

  3. Details > Toon Studio > Preset > pick a look. Done.

WHAT IS NOT IN THE LITE

The Lite is the starter. These stay in the full pack, Custom Toon Shaders Studio:

  • 10 more looks: Manga, Comic, Ghibli, Watercolor, Painted Brush (oil), Neon, Moebius, Sumie,

Sketch, Pixel.

  • Mixing: add any effect to any preset (paint strokes, halftone dots, hatching).

  • Save Preset: turn your mix into your own reusable preset.

  • Runtime look switching with blend, per-object highlight outlines through walls, fog and foliage masks.

>> Want all 13 looks and full customization? Get Custom Toon Shaders Studio:

https://www.fab.com/listings/d50c5d0e-699f-4dd6-9651-b4a6095d400a

HONEST LIMITS

  • Deferred renderer required (the Unreal default).

  • Made for stylized and low-poly scenes. On photoreal assets the change is subtler.

  • Unreal measures exposure after post process, so auto exposure can shift slightly. Use Split Compare to compare fairly.

  • UE 5.8 only. Not for UEFN, not for the Path Tracer. Not tested with Substrate.

WHAT'S INCLUDED (demo level not counted)

BP_ToonStudio (1 actor Blueprint), 3 preset Data Assets + 1 preset Data Asset class, 2 enums, 1 master post process material (M_Look_AnimeCel), 3 material instances, 1 Material Parameter Collection, Quick Start guide. Demo level and diorama props are extra. No textures required. No third-party assets.

SUPPORT

Questions or bugs: the Questions tab on this listing, or rafa.sanchis.cortes014@gmail.com.

I reply within 24-48 h.

Made by RafaSC.