Materials Saturation L23

[egaff1083]

See the revised tabs for Extended Properties: Settings:

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This is great, a big help with tuning materials! Would is be possible to include a slider to lighten or darken either the map or the overall material? For instance, I am using a concrete material from the library, the texture is a perfect match but am looking to darken up the gray. I used to do this with the colorization slider.... Any ideas?

 

[topophyla]

It looks like the saturation slider only reduces saturation and does not have the option to increase it. Can this be added or am I missing something?

 

[egaff1083]

Yes, eliminating the color, but the ask is for a separate slider for adjusting the brightness of the material, which we could tune with the colorization slider in the old version.

 

[Peter M]

I used to do this with the colorization slider..

How did you do that?

In Lumion 2023 the Color and Texture properties are the same as in Lumion 12.5, except the values are reversed and it is the Texture slider value used for the mixing rather than the Colorization slider.:

Lumion 12:

• Knowledge Base: What do the properties of the Standard Material mean in Lumion 12?

2.1: Colorization​

Slider values:

• Between 0 and 0.5, the Color Map is tinted more and more by the color in the color selector.
• Between 0.5 and 1, the texture of the Color Map is progressively replaced by the selected color.

Lumion 2023:

• Knowledge Base: What do the properties of the Standard Material mean in Lumion 2023?

7.3.1: Texture (Color Map) 0% - 100% Slider values​

Between 0% and 50%:

• It will blend from the solid color to the solid color 100% multiplied with the texture.

And from 50% to 100%:

• It will continue to blend until it uses only the texture image for color

You can affect he lightness by say setting the Texture slider to mid-way where both Texture and Color values are being combined. So that the change in color to white will seem to brighten it?

And you did not use the Emissive slider at all in Lumion 12?

 

[egaff1083]

How did you do that?

In Lumion 2023 the Color and Texture properties are the same as in Lumion 12.5, except the values are reversed and it is the Texture slider value used for the mixing rather than the Colorization slider.:

Lumion 12:

• Knowledge Base: What do the properties of the Standard Material mean in Lumion 12?

Lumion 2023:

• Knowledge Base: What do the properties of the Standard Material mean in Lumion 2023?

You can affect he lightness by say setting the Texture slider to mid-way where both Texture and Color values are being combined. So that the change in color to white will seem to brighten it?

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And you did not use the Emissive slider at all in Lumion 12?

Gotcha! I get it now, works great, thank you Peter! I did use emissive but mostly to brighten up a material, not darken

 

[Peter M]

Hi egaff1083

You're welcome.

Note: of course now in Lumion 2023 an Emissive material casts real-world light (and shadows). So now needs to be included in the additive for overall light being allowed for in an area, especially for interiors.