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The Color to Scalar node converts color RGB values to scalar RGB values, which can be useful for visualizing scalar data with color values.
Color to Scalar Inputs
Input: The stream you want to convert to scalar data.
Color to Scalar Node Properties
The Color to Scalar node does not include any node properties.
Color to Scalar Node Workflow Example
This example shows the internal node tree in a Material node. In this case, we're blending a tiled color image of some gravel, Tiled, with the base color, Tiled [Base], using an overlay blending mode in the Merge node.
The tiled image is color data, so it must be converted to scalar using a Color to Scalar node before blending to achieve the correct brightness. In the example, the Color to Scalar node is disabled and enabled to show the difference in output.
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