Version 1.1.1

VRToon Shader for Eevee is a Shader add-on for Blender 2.8x or later.

With great flexibility, this shader is capable of making Anime/Cartoon style looks.

The main goal of this shader is mixing the goodness of PBR and NPR,

to deliver the best looks in any lighting environment.

FEATURES

• Extremely easy to set up. 
  Comes with fully automated Shader importer / converter / updater.
  

• Based on PBR Lightings of Eevee.
  The Shader generates NPR results from PBR shading info.

• Works with all light sources 
  Sun, point, etc, and HDRIs.

• Highly flexible Toon settings.
  Color, Strength, Sharpness, Shift.

• Flexible Alpha transparencies.
  Texture, Material, Glossy

• Can use Sphere Maps.
  Sphere Map is something like Matcap, typically found on MMD models.

• Configurable Glossy factors. 
  Sphere Map, PBR Specular, NPR Rim Light

• Configurable AO.
  Can twerk AO power by material basis.

• Works on any color spaces. 
  Best fit for Linear color space but works great also on other color spaces.

• All features are packed into only one node "VRToon".
  Just put your textures into the node and you’ll get a decent result.

• Comes with "VRToon Manager" add-on.
  Fully implemented, automate and batch control on the shader. 

EXAMPLES 

With two point lights, AO, High toon sharpness. 

With HDRI environment, with AO, low toon sharpness.

HISTORY

2020/11/04 v1.1.1

 - (Script) The Manager now is able to handle material settings.

 - (Script) The Manager parameters now sync with active material selection.

 - (Script) Target material list now has better UI/UX.

 - (Script) Manager features are splitted into sub panels.

2020/10/24 v1.1.0

- (General) Changed install method to as pure addon's way.

- (Shader) Changed Shader Node Group name to "VRToon BSDF"

How to update - Just click the "Append / Update VRToon" button on the VRToon Manager panel, and all VRToon materials will be updated.

- (Shader) Totally reworked on shader algorithms for more accuracy and performance.

- (Shader) Screen space reflections now work.

- (Shader) Changed "Emission" socket type from VALUE to COLOR

- (Shader) Changed "Emission" works as Glossy factor (now affect by "Glossy Alpha")

- (Shader) Added "Emission Power" input

- (Shader) Changed Specular and Rim "Sharpness" to "Roughness" (will Automatically converted by updater)

- (Shader) Now you can choose Sphere Map mode - Add or Multiply(Mul). Mul Sphere Map works exactly the same as MatCap.

- (Shader) Fixed shader's normal calculations. Now results physically collect looks.

- (Shader) Fixed bug where "Sphere Map Shade Mix" and "Rim Shade Mix" didn't work correctly.

- (Shader) SphereMapper now got a Normals input.

- (Shader) Added version number to the Shader Node output socket.

- (General) Fixed errors where setting "Glossy Alpha" from VRToon panel (Socket name was wrong in the Node Group).

- (General) Added "VRToon Tex Baker" node for Cycles. This node is useful for baking diffuse texture for NPR objects.

- (Script) Added "Append / Update VRToon" function to automate appending the latest VRToon Node Group from the addon file.

- (Script) Added Convert Tools, including "Update VRToon", "Convert to Principle", "Convert to VRToon".

- (Script) Added "Save as custom properties" and "Load from custom properties" functions.

- (Script) Fixed an issue on selecting target material in the panel, when there are materials that has partially the same name to others.

- (Script) Added "Set to Rendered" option in Preferences. If enabled, all viewport shading type will be set to "Rendered"

- (Script) Whole code was redesigned.

2020/08/10 v1.0.1

- Fixed error where selecting object with material that has node group but the group is None.

- Fixed error where 'SetNodeParams' fails when VRToon node has name other than 'VRToon'. 

  Changed to check node group name inside of the node, instead of node name.

2020/08/09 v1.0.0 (Out of beta stage)

- Added "Glossy Alpha" feature to make glossy factor controllable independly from material alpha

- Ungrouped all node groups inside of VRToon node group

- Added 'Toggle Material to Apply' feature on VRToon Manager.

- Added 'View Material in the Shader Editor' feature on VRToon Manager.

- Minor changes on VRToon Manager UI.

2020/07/14 v0.9.0 (Beta release)

- Initial Release