docs/020_MasterArtBible/materials/chrome.md

Chrome

Visuele omschrijving

Mirror-like metal with extreme value bands and reflected environment colors.

Pixelcluster regels

Use large high-contrast bands, not smooth gradients.


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Contrast

Very high contrast.

Hue shifting

Warm highlights, cool shadows, occasional reflected cyan or sunset bands.

Highlights

Broad white-near highlight shapes are allowed but must be sparse.


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Shadow behavior

Dark bands should be crisp and graphic.

Outline

Dark reflected blue or purple-gray.

Rim lighting

Strong rim can appear on both lit and reflected edges.

Ambient lighting

Ambient appears as reflected bands, not soft fill.

AA regels

Very selective AA at band transitions.

Dithering regels

No dithering; chrome reads through bands.

Veel voorkomende fouten

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Good:


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QA checklist

Open raw source