COPYABLE: Gradient Work Shop 2.2

[swanbrown]

COPYABLE: Gradient Work Shop 2.2 by swanbrown
TOOL for generating gradient swathes, not a level. This started as a rig I had set up to use in edit mode. I adapted it to work in play mode (and in some ways it actually works BETTER in play mode).
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The latest itteration:

New Utility: "Quick Shot" and Portable 'Quick shot' Prize bubble. a Large paste up board and Overlay screen for Re-shooting pics. The sack person stands behind screen, so there's no getting in one's own way, and you stay out of the shot.

New Prize items: LBPC logo in 3-D Model form, and LBPC logo Black and White Mask for use with the overlay screen. rendered Sideways for better resolution.
new pics:





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-------for those of you who aren't allready familliar:
A TOOL for generating gradient swathes, not a level.
This is a tool I made for myself and use a lot.
It gives fine control over RGB +White, and course control over global lighting.
I found it so useful, that I decided to adapt it to work in Play mode, so others could use it too!

The plan: It is meant to be available to as many creators as possible.
Not just an elite few. So, I Planed to run it up cool pages, and once it reached page 1 of cool pages,
I Made it completely copyable. I hoped this would have two main effects:

1- people will copy and re-publish it as there own.
Normally not considered a great thing, but in this case, helpful to distribute a useful creation tool
2- Anyone who wants, can have it on their moon.
(one advantage is the ability to quickly transfer from photo booth to photo via prize bubbles)

What I asked Volunteers to do:
1- Help me "star up" a locked version, so it can hit cool levels with a sturdy 5 star base.
2- When it hits page one, copy, and publish it in copyable form.

Many Gadders helped out, and now there are 5 pages of clones (not counting those copies that have customised or changed the title.


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proof board for checking your work


I did some searching on LBP and This seems to be a unique app (but, hopefully, not for long). I've found it very useful and hope you do too.

Making a nebula with Gradient Studio Utility
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDLchEXpi0w"]YouTube - LBP Gradient Studio Utility[/ame]


Launch prep section of this thread

[Zwollie•]

This is awesome and very useful for me!!
You just made my current project better, I'll check this out ASAP.

[Burnvictim42]

this looks very useful for making custom colors, i'll have to check this out.

[Mother-Misty]

I really dislike the way on how we have to color materials in LBP (making crappy low res stickers and use those) but until Mm comes up with a better solution (paintbucket please) this level will be a very useful tool!

haven't checked the level yet... but why do you need yellow in RGB?
(or does 'Y' means something else?)

misty.

[Mother-Misty]

also, I'm not sure if I'm using the correct material for the screen (Blue wood). I'd like to know If there is a less textured material to be used.

you could try to use rubber

misty.

[jwwphotos]

Wow!! Very very cool! I will have to check this one out asap.

Lite_Sleeper made one quite awhile ago that works in a similar fashion, but doesn't do gradients. I will have to keep this one handy as well.

You might ask him what he used for his screen as well as check out his level.. he is on this forum. ..he also has some awesome fonts!!

Thanks again!

[Yarbone]

awesomeness! :O

[comphermc]

Very neat idea. I will check this out in a bit. To answer one of your questions, blue wood is the smoothest material for stickering, so you've chosen wisely there.

To create a rainbow type gradient, I think I have an idea for you, but it's definitely not perfect. What you could do is have each "color" be a strip of any material with lights of that color embedded in it. By pressing a button for a certain color, it would emit that strip in a chute. Pressing another color would emit a strip with that color and it would stack on top of the other one. Rinse and repeat to stack different colored strips to create a raindow of sorts. If they wanted a larger chunk of one color, then you press the button for that color several times in a row.

To reset the whole design you'd have to use creature brains, since you need to dissolve the lights as well. If you need help with setting that up, I can probably give you a few pointers.

[Deftmute]

the unlit screen material is a good smooth material, except for the trim.

edit: is this shared? i could definitely use this in my sticker studio.

[Night Angel]

I love this tool! 5/5 & Heart

[swanbrown]

ohhh! CREATURE BRAIN! (jumps up and down clapping hands) That's Just the thing! I could emit a little module with a colored light, and creature brain, and a magnetic switch that drop down in front of a magnetic key on a slider! I think That will work Just fine! oh, yes, and a paint-ball emiter to deal with the previous iteration of light!

The yellow is because the RGB wasn't working as well as I wanted with certian colors. Not sure why, but the yellow seems to help. I'm sure any best boy, or key grip could tell me why. I'm planning on adding white as well.


hmm. rubber. I'l give that a try. come to think of it... now that I have creature brain teck I could have a texture button that changes the screen texture! I'll cue the emiters with mic wiz's step-motor! Wuuunderful!

This F4F thing is pretty cool!

Okay, but First, I'll get over to you guy's spots and get going on your projects (you do such great work, I feel petty trying to find probs)

Thanks! This is much better than what I was doing for beta. (snagging random kids who join in-game and running them through my levels. limited cross section, and not alot of meaningful feed-back.

[javi haguse]

Another tool level! Great!!
I've actually never seen this type of tool before so I was very impressed by your creativity.. WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT!!
I really don't know how to review this tool level, but here we go.
I think this is an amazing addition to all of us creators out there. This level is pretty straight forward and it does everything it tells you to perfection. I really liked the fact that you allowed everyone to see the sensors and how everything worked. My favorite utility is the grab button for the camera. genius. and also the boards to check your work.
This is the first time a review a level like this, but since it does exactly what you said and has those little perks that I mentioned, I give it & brilliant. Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

If you have a chance, my F4F level is "The Descent"

[Mother-Misty]

The yellow is because the RGB wasn't working as well as I wanted with certian colors. Not sure why, but the yellow seems to help. I'm sure any best boy, or key grip could tell me why. I'm planning on adding white as well.

Yellow is made by setting red and green at 100%
White is made by setting red, green and blue at 100%

Those extra controls (yellow/white) make it all very confusing because you don't need them at all, but hey, if that works better for you who am I to stop you

misty.

[Shredator]

I really loved this tool. I've never been great with custom stickers, and this is an excellent way to get nice balanced new stickers- Great idea!

I've hearted it for future reference, I'll probably end up coming back later to make a few stickers to use.

You may want to think about making a second studio, one for the primary colors (Red, Green, and Blue), and a second for the secondary colors (Purple, Cyan, and Yellow). It would make it a littler easier making new combinations, as you're adding two colors at once in a secondary set, and would also make it possible to mix two colors side by side. It would also give your yellow somewhere to go.

Very good idea though, very original.
My F4F-
Revenge Explored Part 1: The Deception
Whenever you have a minute.

[jwwphotos]

I checked this one out this morning. Awesome tool!! I really like the ability to create nice gradients.

However, it is a bit awkward and lacks a bit of self help to easily understand what is going on. I didn't have a problem mind you, I am just commenting for folks in general. I think if you took a look at Lite_Sleeper's color creator level, you might get a few ideas on how to make it a bit more user friendly as well as how he did his value changing. Not saying you should copy mind you, but I am sure if you sent him a note he would love to see your's and possibly share some ideas with you.

I love the automated photo booth to take the pic and it is an awesome tool. Thanks so much for doing this!!

I gave it 4 stars and hearted it. I knocked off one for ease of use, but again.. such an awesome tool that I am definitely revisiting!


Thanks for checking out my level!