Minetest_game: Jungle grass experiments

[Fixer-007]

With new jungle block I've noticed that jungle grass is a bit bright (am I only one?):

I tried to darken said jungle grass a bit, what do you think?

[MarkuBu]

I think a lot of nodes in Minetest are to bright. I like it

[hkzorman]

I like it as well. It has always striked me that jungle grass is a bit too
bright.

On Mar 8, 2017 6:25 PM, "MarkuBu" [e-mail] wrote:

I think a lot of nodes in Minetest are to bright. I like it

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[paramat]

It would help rainforest feel darker. If you post the texture we can test it in-game.

[Fixer-007]

Tbh this jungle grass always looked odd in minetest to me, here is darkened texture:

[paramat]

The darkness is ok but it seems not quite right, it seems slightly too colour-saturated and/or too high contrast.

[paramat]

This screenshot shows what i mean, the darkening seems to have caused too high saturation and/or contrast.

[Fixer-007]

Yes, it can be darkened in different way.

[sofar]

You don't want to darken this texture since the contrast range is already very large. Try reducing contrast first and then adjusting brightness to match. Alternatively, use levels.

Of course, there's only like 3-4 color values in this image, so it's very pale and awkward. It could use some detailing and would look a lot better quickly.

[Fixer-007]

I used curves instead and lowered the brightness on brighter pixels, it looks more darker and less saturated to me.

[paramat]

Seems to lack contrast and definition now.

[MarkuBu]

That's why I don't make textures :-D

[Fixer-007]

Ok, lets see alternative textures I found in my mods folder:

• carbone_ng (I prefer this one)
  
• farming
  
• minetest ng
  
• grailtest
  

P.S. Wonder if @VanessaE modpacks (plantlife, dreambuilder) has some good jungle grasses.

[paramat]

The Carbone NG one looks washed out and bluey, the only one i like is Grailtest but that's 32px.
I feel our current one will be fine as long as it retains a decent contrast when edited. For rainforest i feel it needs to be quite lush and vibrant as the current one is, only needs a slight darkening.

[VanessaE]

There are quite a number of plants in my modpacks, but I couldn't say if any are suitable for this particular use.

[paramat]

Looking at current junglegrass i think it's fine as it is.
:-1:

[Fixer-007]

Decided to close it for now, if someone comes up with something new, can be reopened later.