Incorrect gradient scale.

Question

Hi everyone,

I am having a curious problem with gradient scale on the columns :

As you can see, though my white flag position is super low (0.020 !), the white part of the gradient is still very high on the column.

Of course, i thought it was a problem with the object scale, so i Ctrl+A Applied scale, but it didn't solved my problem.

Any ideas ? :)

Answer 1 · 2022-01-23T13:41:56Z

replied January 23, 2022 1:41pm

Well, after a moment of reflexion, i found a solution to my own question. Still, i am not gonna delete the question, but rather post the answer here, as it might be useful for other people. So i noticed that Kent's columns origins were much higher than mine. So i move the origins of all of the columns by selecting the move tool, and choosing "Affect only : Origins" (N menu on the right). The "lowest" point of the gradient followed the origins.

Answer 2 · 2022-01-23T14:52:00Z

replied January 23, 2022 2:52pm

Indeed, when you are using Object Coordinates, the Origin of the Object is (0, 0, 0) and the bounding box goes from -1 to 1 in all 3 directions, like this (when the Objects Scale is Applied!):

The Colorramp clamps all input values to a 0 to 1 range (negative inputs are considered 0 and nubers higher than 1 become 1).