HPL3/Color Grading - Revision history

Crater: /* Creation Guide */ added note about the modern nvidia texture tool

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Creation Guide: added note about the modern nvidia texture tool

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2021-09-15T07:53:44Z

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formatting

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short title

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2021-09-15T03:00:15Z

Updated dds exporter photo

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formatting

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formatting

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image formatting

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 * Photoshop (CS5 or later recommended)
 * [https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworksdownload#?dn=texture-tools-for-adobe-photoshop-8-55 NVIDIA Texture Tools for Adobe Photoshop v8.55] - Download the correct version for your system (probably 64-bit)
 ===Setup===

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 [[File:crop.jpg|thumb|Example crop]]
 # Crop the color strip from the canvas, make sure the resulting image is 256×16 px
-# Select "'''Save As…'''" and set the format as "'''D3D/DDS (*.DDS)''''" and save it in the folder "'''/textures/colorgrading/'''"
+# Select "'''Save a Copy...'''" and set the format as "'''D3D/DDS (*.DDS)''''" and save it in the folder "'''/textures/colorgrading/'''"
 # In the DDS format settings select "'''8.8.8.8 ARGB 32 bit | unsigned'''", "'''Volume Texture'''", "'''No MIP maps'''"
 [[File:DDS Format Fixed.png]]

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 {{shortPageTitle}}
 [[File:Grading.jpg|thumb|Color Grading example]]
 Color grading is a way to map the color of a pixel to another color. This can be used to change the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, … of a whole image.<br />
 It is possible to smoothly fade between two different grading templates.<br />

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 [[File:Grading.jpg|thumb|Color Grading example]]
-== Overview ==
+Color grading is a way to map the color of a pixel to another color. This can be used to change the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, … of a whole image.<br />
 It is possible to smoothly fade between two different grading templates.<br />
-Color grading is a way to map the color of a pixel to another color. This can be used to change the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, … of a whole image.<br />It is possible to smoothly fade between two different grading templates.<br />It uses a small 3D texture with a color as input and another color as output.<br />
+It uses a small 3D texture with a color as input and another color as output.
 == Creation Guide ==

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−	~~= Color Grading =~~	+	{{shortPageTitle}}

	[[File:Grading.jpg\|thumb\|Color Grading example]]		[[File:Grading.jpg\|thumb\|Color Grading example]]

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 * Any changes you see on the image in Photoshop will carry over to the game
-[[File:adjustments.jpg]] ]]
+[[File:adjustments.jpg]]
 ===Layers===

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 # Place the color strip anywhere in the image
 # Flatten the image to merge all the layers
-# Select "Image > Mode > 8 Bits/Channel" in the top menu
+# Select "'''Image > Mode > 8 Bits/Channel'''" in the top menu
 ''Note: FG documentation originally listed 16 Bits/Channel, however this seemed to result in incorrect color grading results.''
 ===Adjustments===
-* Use any of the options in "Image > Adjustments"
+* Use any of the options in "'''Image > Adjustments'''"
 * These can be used to change the brightness, saturation, contrast and so on
 * Any changes you see on the image in Photoshop will carry over to the game
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 [[File:crop.jpg|thumb|Example crop]]
 # Crop the color strip from the canvas, make sure the resulting image is 256×16 px
-# Select "Save As…" and set the format as "D3D/DDS"/".dds" and save it in the folder "redist/textures/colorgrading/"
+# Select "'''Save As…'''" and set the format as "'''D3D/DDS (*.DDS)''''" and save it in the folder "'''/textures/colorgrading/'''"
-# In the DDS format settings select "8.8.8.8 ARGB 32 bit | unsigned", "Volume Texture", "No MIP maps" (Ignore the picture, use 32 bpp!)
+# In the DDS format settings select "'''8.8.8.8 ARGB 32 bit | unsigned'''", "'''Volume Texture'''", "'''No MIP maps'''" (Ignore the picture, use 32 bpp!)
 [[File:dds_format.jpg]]