A place to discuss MSG related issues. MSG stands for modular synthesized graphics and allows Synthetik users to build their own custom processing effects.
Modifying an MSG
Here's a problem I've been having:I came accross an interesting MSG, and wanted to modify it by adding Gradient and lighting.Essentially I wanted the final output to have the same color as I got at the ForceColorMap DialMod step, but with an embossed look.I added the two extra steps ( Gradient and Lighting, each with RGB channels ) What I wound up with was an b/w embossed output without the color.I can't figure out what I've gotten wrong. Any help would be appreciated.fyi. I tried to attach the…
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https://tips.synthetik.com/introduction-to-msg/
Abstracting a source image using MSG is here.
https://tips.synthetik.com/abstracting-a-source-image-using-msg/
Using the MSG Advanced Editor is here.
https://tips.synthetik.com/using-the-msg-advanced-editor/
In the integrated help window in studio artist is a section titled MSg Editing COmmands.
A number of auto-configuration options are there to setup simple MSG presets that process the source.
If you search with 'source' in the preset browser under msg you will find a bunch as well.
Any questions i'm happy to answer them. Start a topic thread with them if it is still confusing.
We could make it a MSG preference option maybe?
Putting lock options directly inside of the color palette and color gradient tabs is probably a good idea.
We're beefing up the MSG features in the next version, so we'll take a look at that.
Gallery Show does pass through the modified source palette to MSG when running a GS Technique that works with MSG in V5.5.5 (not in earlier versions). This would be the Palette Option in the Gallery tab in preferences.
In pre_V6 you can select a palette cache, and can redirect the cache location as well to any folder you want. So that would be an easy way to restrict the coloring of what gets passed into MSG in gallery show.
You could always select an image for the Style that has the coloring you want, and then use the 'Gen from Style' option for the GS Palette Option.