Blade Pro Lesson Six

Whew, lesson 6 time already...More on the slider adjustments

Here once again, the Blade Pro interface!

For this lesson, we will refer mainly to buttons #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #25, and #26.  Remember, click on the smaller image above to get a larger-sized version you can print out to refer to.

Glassiness (slider #18)      

 Lower values on the slider produce an opaque  effect, higher values a glassy one.  The color of your original image becomes the color of the glass, the higher the height (or depth) of the bevel, the more of a glassy effect you will get.

 

 white image, faceted diamond preset, default glassiness is 42.

 

 same image, same preset, glassiness set at 0.

 

 same image, same preset, glassiness set at 100.

 

 black background, same preset, glassiness set at 0.

 

 black background, same preset, glassiness set at 100.

 

Caustic slider (button #19) -

 

This slider controls the brightness of the highlight on a glass effect, it's very subtle.  The caustic is the bright highlight opposite the light source (we'll get to those later!)   Click on button #25 to change the highlight from white to prismatic (rainbow.)

 

 bottle preset with glassiness at 100, caustic at 100 and white setting.

 

 same preset, same settings on sliders, prismatic setting.

 

 

Iridescence (slider #20) and Iri colors (slider #21

These two sliders work together to produce iridescent colors and effects.  Slider #20 all the way to the left will produce no effect.  Increasing values produce more of a "soap bubble" effect, depending on the texture used.

Slider #20 affects the colors of the iridescence. 

 

 white image, plain preset, iridescence 0, iri colors 0.

 

 same image, same preset, iridescence 40, iri colors 30.

 

 same image, same preset, iridescence 55, iri colors 70.

 

 same image, same preset, iridescence 100, iri colors 40.

 

 

Tarnish slider (slider # 22)

This slider controls the matte tarnish effect on metallics, in the concave part of the texture.  Button #26 controls the color of the tarnish.

 

 white image, rusty zebra preset, tarnish default setting 38, tarnish color green.

 

 same image, same preset, same color, tarnish set at 0.

 

 same image, same preset, same color, tarnish set at 100.

 

 same image, same preset, tarnish set at 100, tarnish color yellow.

 Okay, enough studying for now, go have a nice snack and then make something pretty!