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Freestyle

Software for non-photorealistic line drawing rendering from 3D scenes

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Freestyle is a non-photorealistic line drawing renderer for 3D scenes. It converts silhouettes and other feature lines from a 3D model into stylized strokes, addressing the need for control over line style beyond the fixed parameters of typical integrated tools. The system currently focuses on pure line drawing.

Style is described through Python augmented with a set of programmable operators dedicated to style description, allowing users to define how feature lines become strokes. Freestyle ships with Blender starting with version 2.67, and a standalone version remains available. It is distributed under the GPL License.

Freestyle is aimed at artists and developers working with stylized line drawing from 3D scenes, including users of Blender and those using the standalone build. No pricing, trial, or edition details are stated.

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