Labs Mesh Sharpen

The Mesh Sharpen tool is part of the FREE and open-source toolset in Houdini called SideFXLabs. It sharpens the geometry based on the curvature found on the mesh. It does so by pushing the points on the mesh towards the higher curvature regions, therefore "sharpening" those regions. During this process, some of the volume of the geometry might be lost, but this can be somewhat restored using the smoothing parameters, while keeping the sharpness. For more information on SideFXLabs and how to get the tool visit: https://www.sidefx.com/products/sidefx-labs/.

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Captured in Unreal Engine 5

Captured in Unreal Engine 5

The tool is great for creating production-ready stylized models.

You can use this tool together with Labs Calculate Occlusion, Labs Calculate Slope, or Labs Measure Curvature to achieve rich color details.

The steps of CG artistry are full of sharp edges. Just... don't fall too hard on them.

An example network setup

An example network setup

And who doesn't like sharpened bananas?