Converting your RGB colour To NK

tinman999 · Post by **tinman999** » Wed May 09, 2007 12:25 pm

Here is a win32 program that convert most of the RGB colour to NK

http://www.renderlight.co.uk/files/rgbtonk.exe

Just enter the rgb value and press 'To NK' button. The result nk data should be display in the big edit box.

Open Notepad, paste (the data is automatically copy to clipboard, if not just right click on the big edit box, select all and copy)
and save

joegiampaoli · Post by **joegiampaoli** » Wed May 09, 2007 1:35 pm

Oh wow, christmas balls!!!

manitwo · Post by **manitwo** » Wed May 09, 2007 2:42 pm

cool, thanks tinman!

CTZn · Post by **CTZn** » Wed May 09, 2007 5:14 pm

Looks interesting, thanks !

mrCarnivore · Post by **mrCarnivore** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:03 pm

What's all this recent fuss about custom nk materials?

What's the point of setting a single colour, then calculating the nk values for it and using it for a material instead of a phong material with that specific colour?

tinman999 · Post by **tinman999** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:00 pm

mrCarnivore wrote:What's all this recent fuss about custom nk materials?

What's the point of setting a single colour, then calculating the nk values for it and using it for a material instead of a phong material with that specific colour?

The main reason is to provide the user with a start point to create custom nk.

Depending on the implementation of the fresnel equation (unpolarised or polarised light, approximation or using the actual fresnel equation. Indigo's phong model used approximation possibly schlick's approximation to the fresnel equation) refraction index is needed instead of the reflectance values. Approximate fresnel equation can't simulate the sightly different colour changes when the media surrounding the object have ior <> 1 or polarisation effect.

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Wed May 09, 2007 11:35 pm

could you add a reversed version?
I'd like to use nk-ish things with SSS or difuse (which actually should be possible by using Exp 0-1) or st. like that

AND it would be great, if you'd add the IoR, too.

Those balls look great, already!

Zom-B · Post by **Zom-B** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:58 am

great work tinman

would it be possible to code some kind of fresnel control to this nice little Program to enable effects like VOID.nk got:

control over the fresnel effect would make some nice (basic) Car Paint possible, and more...

zsouthboy · Post by **zsouthboy** » Thu May 10, 2007 2:41 am

hey, void.nk is pretty!

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Thu May 10, 2007 2:42 am

you didn't know void?

Deus · Post by **Deus** » Thu May 10, 2007 3:22 am

I slept with Void.nk plenty of times.

Pretty on the outside but empty inside

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Thu May 10, 2007 4:29 am

suvakas · Post by **suvakas** » Thu May 10, 2007 4:57 am

Deus wrote:I slept with Void.nk plenty of times.

Pretty on the outside but empty inside

lol
..a good one

sth · Post by **sth** » Thu May 10, 2007 5:37 am

hmm... very nice and useful thing, but i see it creates only first column of numbers, what about the second? to get the same color should it be order-inversed first column or sth other?

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Thu May 10, 2007 5:46 am

that's what he already said...
2nd = IoR. If it isn't set, there are two possibilitys (dunno, which one's correct...):
a) you can set it by hand
b) there is a standard setting...

Converting your RGB colour To NK

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