Soften bands

A node of the Style graph, in the Shading group.

The corners of the staircase between two bands softened: between bands that jump two steps or more (cast shadows, lamps, highlights) the corner takes the step between; between bands next to each other, with Dither, the corners on one colour of a checker laid on the surface take the other band — a dithered in-between, on the palette, which the cleanup leaves alone.

Takes: shading (shading), both (on-off), dither (on-off) · Gives: shading

Settings

Setting	What it does	Range	Default
Both sides `both`	Soften the darker band's corners as well as the lighter one's.	on or off	`false`
Dither	Between bands next to each other, which have no step between, a checker of the two at the corners.	on or off	`true`

Every setting is also an input: wire a value into it to change it per pixel. On the command line: pxr graph set game.pixor --which style --node soften-bands --set KEY=VALUE.

Wire it: shading → shading
Settings: Both sides, Dither

What it wires to

Its shading input takes a shading, which these give: Glint, Glow, Highlights, Light bands, Ramp shifts, Shapes, Unband, World light.

What it gives, a shading, goes into: Glint, Glow, Hatch, Highlights, Ramp shifts, Shading colours, Shapes, Unband, World light.

In the app, drag a wire from one of its dots: every dot the wire fits is ringed.

How it fits with the rest: the Style graph in the manual.

In the same group

Light bands · World light · Highlights · Glow · Ramp shifts · Shading colours · Shapes · Unband · Glint · Hatch