Is there a way to design a bladestyle to be ‘darker’?
I’ve got someone wanting a specific color, but just not as bright as it comes out on the actual blade.
I’ve tried adjusting the colors several times, but not getting what he wants.
Is it possible to dim the blade in a specific style?
Can’t do a dimblade on the entire blade, as it’s only a couple of styles that he wants darker.
The whole style or specific parts, like Base Color, etc?
If you have Edit Mode enabled you can just adjust Black Level on any specific color(s) in each preset.
If you’re using my library you can just set a dimmer color where applicable. Just use the color picker for Base Color, etc. and reduce the R G B levels in equal balance.
The final option in the library would be to set Color Type to a ‘Black Shift’, but this will hardcode the dim level in permanently for that style, so Edit Mode or Color Change can never brighten further than the point at which you set the Black Shift in the code.
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Thanks, I am using the library. I have reduced the color in the picker, but doesn’t really seem to do what the client is wanting.
Will try Edit mode.
Post the style, how dim are they trying to make it? If a full color is 255, I would go with 125 or lower for the respective R G B value if you want it noticeably dimmer, then adjust up or down from there.
Remember that the eye is exponential, while the RGB space is lineal. This means that (roughly), if the maximum brightness is 255, your eyes sees 255-127-63-32-16-8-4-2-1 as 9 even steps in brightness. So each halving is a “step”. One would tend to thing that the equal bands are 255, 224, 198, 173, 151, 126, 101, 76, 50, 25 but that’s not how the human eye perceives brightness.
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