Colour Science (Was: Blender Filmic)

[J_the_Ninja]

@bit biter

Since I prefer to use the Filmic view for a while now, I learned first that I had to use more correct albedo values. Meaning, in my case, that the albedo values were way to high. After a while I noticed and realized: “My (pbr) materials appear to have a way to strong specular reflections now”. Even with the default specular setting of the principled shader. It’s look way to strong. Any idea what I should do? For example in Cynicat’s pro shaders I can use grey instead of white in the glossy shader. (lower the value of the specular reflection)

The principled shader’s specular weighting is based on real light interactions. If it’s too strong, you may actually have too low of roughness. Also, pay attention to objects around you - a lot of things are shinier than you might think at first. For example, if you ask “is asphalt matte?” most people would say “yes!”. But if asphalt is matte, how does this happen? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9HPn5qPF3uw/Us0LlTM0bMI/AAAAAAAAOcc/potOB-YKAgg/s1600/IMGP0609.JPG

A lot of things get very shiny if viewed at a grazing angle with a bright light hitting them. Just something you need to get used to when lighting. If it’s too much of a problem, the “specular” slider on the principled shader can reduce the reflections by pulling back the IOR of the surface.