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\u25bc The shadows on my meshes don’t correspond to the direction and the position of the light sources around them<\/strong>
\nSOLUTION \u25b6 : You may have to use on your meshes the Apply All Transformations<\/strong> command (CTRL+A). You may otherwise set the Rotatability<\/strong> slider (added with version 1.1) closer to 10.<\/p>\n

\u25bc Too much light\/no shadows<\/strong>
\nSOLUTION \u25b6 : Turn off some lights, rotate them, move them away from the mesh or — more probably — just tone down your World Shader<\/strong> strength<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u25bc Too dark\/no mid-tones or highlights<\/strong>
\nSOLUTION \u25b6 : Add some light sources<\/a> to your scene. Remember you’re painting with light!<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25bc When I rotate my mesh, the shadowed parts move along as if attached to the mesh, it doesn’t matter where light is coming from. Not cool, mate<\/strong>
\nSOLUTION \u25b6 : Use the new Rotatability<\/strong> slider<\/a> added with Sturdy version 1.1.<\/p>\n

\u25bc My meshes look black<\/strong>
\nSOLUTION \u25b6 : You should probably change your Render Engine<\/strong> from Cycles<\/strong> to EEVEE<\/strong>. Sturdy<\/em><\/strong> is EEVEE only.<\/p>\n

\u25bc My colors don’t look the way I want<\/strong>
\nSOLUTION \u25b6 : You have been warned! We’re not in a Pixar movie anymore! .)<\/em>
\nSturdy<\/strong> is a highly stylized, gestural painting shader: in a fundamental way, its value lies in its unpredictability.
\nThat said, remember first that you’re painting with light<\/a>; secondly, you may directly nudge color expression with the Accent Color<\/strong><\/a>, the Overlay Color<\/strong><\/a> and all the color stops of the Sturdy+<\/em><\/strong><\/a> node group.<\/p>\n

\u25bc How do I reset colors and slider values to the default ones?<\/strong>
\nI fell you, it happens to me all the time.
\nSOLUTION \u25b6 : In the Shader Editor<\/strong>, just Add<\/strong> a new Sturdy<\/em><\/strong> node group and use it instead of the messed up one. Every time you insert a node group with the Add<\/strong> command it will arrive with its values reset to the default.<\/p>\n

\u25bc My shadows don’t look as sharp as in the sample renders!<\/strong>
\nSOLUTION \u25b6 : First, adjust your World<\/strong> shadow settings.<\/a> If that’s not enough, it may be a question of the scale of your mesh. On your Camera<\/strong> Lens (or View) settings, set Clip End<\/strong> to a suitable value. Smaller meshes and close-ups require smaller values.<\/p>\n

\u25bc I can’t make Sturdy<\/em> look good when I have many objects and Sturdy-based materials in my scene!<\/strong>
\nFACT: You may customize colors and create your own variant materials with the provided node groups.
\nALSO A FACT: being so luxuriously expressive in its color and brushwork expression, Sturdy may not be a good fit out of the box for complex scenes with many objects :\\
\nSOLUTION \u25b6 : Since it’s node based, you may always tame Sturdy’s exuberance by combining\/masking it with other node setups.<\/p>\n

\u25bc I really want this shader, but boy does it cost too much<\/strong>
\nSOLUTION \u25b6 : Think of it as M*ya or P*otoshop. If it’s not overpriced, how will you ever know you don’t need it?!<\/p>\n

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