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You have no idea. You also have to consider the colors of real things behind your fake things.

one of your sentences is actually true.

If you don't have black you can't achieve metallic effects... If you disagree, please explain how it is possible to achieve said effect without black.

As far as I know, and I was pretty deep into this at one point, metallic requires black and without it you cannot achieve any sort of luster-like effects.

Could you provide a source for that? (not doubting you, just curious)

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/abrash/why-you-wont-see-hard-...

See the section labeled "See-through AR == additive blending only".

I meant your claim that "metallic requires black." I'm well aware that AR is only additive.

Ah, "you have no idea" as in "that is more correct than I think you realize", but maybe you do. Not meant as an argument; more as hyperbolic.

thanks for clarifying. i read it as "you have no idea what you are talking about" and missed your hyperbole completely. sorry about that :)

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