Colorful FX | Post-Processing Effects and Photoshop-like Color Correction Tools

I'm not sure I understand. You want to fade a scene using the Threshold effect ? That won't work as this effect will only return black or white depending on the pixel value and the one you give.

Colorful is a collection of post-processing effects, it's not meant to be used for scene transitions (although some effects could, but definitely not Threshold).

 

Even though the iPad Mini 1 hardware is getting old it shouldn't be that slow. I have an iPad 2 here (same hardware if I'm not mistaken) and although there's a performance hit it's not that brutal. How are the performances using the default effects (from the Image Effects package) like Sepia, Vignetting ?

 

That's good to hear Although it surprises me that a Depth Only Camera would tank the framerate so much on mobile... I'm not sure why that is.

 

Like any other image effects, yes ! The Canvas' Render Mode should be set to Screen Space - Camera or World Space. Screen Space - Overlay will not work because it's drawn after all the cameras have been rendered.

Analog TV is fine performance-wise, but there's currently a bug on certain iOS devices (the iPhone 6 comes to mind) where the effect doesn't fully work as intended. I'm looking into a solution.

 

Hmm you're right, somehow I missed this one. I'll come up with a better solution for the next update.

 

New update

Changelog (3.2) :

• Added: IsActive public property to the "Glitch" effect to detect when it's on or off.
• Fixed : Fixed a small "leak" in the "Vintage" effect. No more GC allocations on every frame.
• Fixed : Compilation issue when upgrading to Unity 5.1 from an earlier Unity version (UnityEditor API change).
• Misc: Better handling of shader includes.
• Misc: Made the components easier to extend / inherit.

 

AFAIK there's no "easy" solution. Colorful effects behave like standard image effects so the same rules apply. If you want an image effect to be applied to a camera alone (without the content of the cameras behind it) you'll have to render your camera separately with a transparent background and blit it back on top the other cameras...

 

Hey ! Sorry for the late reply, somehow I missed the "new post" notification.

Right now, no, there isn't a way to constrain Radial Blur with a mask. But it's a good idea, I'll add it to the next update ! Would you prefer an image mask or a procedural vignette (like Fast & Contrast Vignette) ?

 

Hard to say, I don't have any way to test it consoles but I don't see any reason why it would fail on PS4. I'm going to need more info if you want help... Any error in the console ? On Colorful shaders ? Does the effect disable themselves on start ?

 

These are fullscreen post-processing effects, you can't apply per-object effects. Not out of the box anyway. I believe it makes your second question irrelevant in this case.

So Colorful will most likely not fit your needs, sorry !

 

They will work with anything rendered by the camera with the exception of 'Screen Space Overlay' canvas. 3D objects, sprites, camera UI will be affected.

So I'm not sure why it's not working for you. I'll need mode info to be able help you.

Unity version ? What's your scene setup like, are you doing anything out of the ordinary ? Are you using a multi-camera setup ? What effect isn't working for you ?

 

The effect should be visible in the game view, in the editor, even when not playing... I'm not sure why you're experiencing this behavior, you're the first person to report this issue

Colorful effects are standard post processing effects (exactly like the ones from Unity). If you have the same issue with standard effects then something's wrong with your project setup.

 

By effects I mean "post processing effects", the ones you apply to a camera (fullscreen effects, if you prefer).

What happens if you import the standard effect package and add - let say - the sepia effect to your camera (Component -> Image Effects -> Color Adjustments -> Sepia Tone) ? Does it work in the Game View without switching to Play Mode ?

 

Hey guys,

So these days I'm working on Colorful 4 (ETA this summer). It brings a lot of new features, effects, optimizations, brand new documentation with videos, more help topics etc. But I'm being limited by a lot of dumb legacy code and a few questionable decisions I took when I started the project (3 years ago !) and I plan to rewrite most of the code.

Because Colorful 4 will be a big major release, I'm thinking maybe it's time to break compatibility with previous versions of Colorful, meaning you won't be able to simply update from the store and roll with it, you'll have to reassign the effects and rework your custom scripts if you used Colorful effects via scripting. It's something I'll have to do one day, and I may as well do it for the 4.0 release.

This rewrite will bring better performances in some cases, namespace'd code, way better scripting APIs and would be easier to maintain on my side.

So I'm asking you, Colorful users, how you feel about that. Worst case scenario, you can stick to the 3.x branch and only switch to Colorful 4 for your next project.

There's something else I'd like to talk about. Please read till the end : because version 4.0 will truly be a big update and I've been supporting this asset for 3 years, I'm currently considering making it a paid upgrade (for a small fee, probably less than half the current price). Wait. Before you get your pitchforks, if I decide to go on with this idea I will set a large grace period (between 6 to 12 months, not sure yet), so the upgrade will be free for anyone who bought the asset in the last 6-12 months. Colorful 3.x would still be available on the store if you don't want to upgrade so you'd still have access to it.

Thoughts ?

 

Sorry, no glow effect in the package. I never deemed it necessary with all the glow shaders on the store, on the web or even in the standard asset pack

 

No, there's a shader bug with Frost and AnalogTV on iOS. I have it fixed on my end so it will be released in the next (massive) update. In the meantime if you need it right away, drop me an email or a PM and I'll send the fix your way

 

It works fine with Unity 5 (Personal and Pro). It works with the OVR as well although you'll probably have to forget about any effect that distorts the screen for obvious reasons. Other than that, all the color correction effects work great.

 

Could you post a screenshot ? I'm about to submit Colorful 4, if there's a bug with the Kuwahara effect I'd like to fix it before I send the package

 

Huh. That's... wrong. Thanks for the report, I'll look into it and keep you posted !

 

That's because the glitch effect separates color channels (Interference mode) and/or does YUV bleeding (Tearing mode + YUV Color Bleeding option). So if you put the Glitch effect after Grayscale you'll see colors unless you use Tearing only without YUV Color Bleeding. Or you can put the Grayscale effect after Glitch and everything will be black & white. Effects are applied in the order you add them. You can change this order by moving them (right click the title and Move Up / Move Down). I hope that answers your question !

 

Quick post to let you know that Colorful 4 is currently in the review queue and should be available in a few days.

I'll post the (massive) changelog, website and new documentation as soon as it's available

Regarding my previous post on the 4.0 upgrade, I set a fairly large grace period (180 days) !

 

Yes and no. It would work if you only use effects that work on individual pixels (no dependency between pixels, so you can forget about blur, distortions and the likes).

If you have too many color correction effects stacked on your camera, you may as well use the Lookup Filter with an external software. If you really want to do all of your color grading work in Unity... Then that's why I made Chromatica in the first place

Keep in mind that a LUT is static by definition. Colorful is great if you only make use of a few effects at the same time or if you want to animate them in realtime (or add/remove them on the fly). It's made to be dynamic.