Illumination
For details on using gradients, see your CINEMA 4D reference manual.v
The Blend setting defines which blend mode is used to mix the gradient with the main color: Add, Subtract or Multiply. If you want the result to be the same color as the gradient, set the main color to black and the Blend mode to Add.
With Color set to black and Mode set to Add, the gradient’s colors are applied directly to the line.
This is the strength of the modifier’s effect, from 0% (no effect) to 100% (full effect).
Intensity mode
This mode ignores the gradient and gives you grayscale lines whose brightness depends on the intensity of light falling onto the line. Use the Brightness value to darken or brighten the effect.
Color mode
The Color mode uses the gradient’s colors. See the example above.
See Mode.
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| Control the shading using a gradient. |
Nomally, all lights in a scene will be taken into account. Use the include or exclude modes in the lightbox to use only selected lights.
Use Lighting to choose whether the lighting, shadows or both are used to modify the parameter.
This inverts the modifier’s effect.
Here you can choose which lights are used for the illumination. All lights in the scene are used by default. To include or exclude specific lights, set Mode to Include or Exclude and drag and drop the lights into the Lights box.