---
title: "Shader Properties"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/XSLAFILTER-ID_SHADERPROPERTIES.html"
section_path: "Material Manager > Classic Materials > Classic material > Channel Shaders > Filter Shader > Gradation Curves"
element_id: "XSLAFILTER"
group_id: "ID_SHADERPROPERTIES"
description: "These parameters affect the texture's hue on the color wheel and the total saturation respectively."
---

## Shader Properties

### Texture

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_TEXTURE`

This is the texture or shader to be filtered.

### Hue

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_HUE` · Range: [0..360°]

### Saturation

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_SATURATION` · Range: [-100..100%]

These parameters affect the texture's hue on the color wheel and the total saturation respectively.

### Lightness

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_LIGHTNESS` · Range: [-100..100%]

The lightness of the color, from black (-100%) to white (100%).

### Colorize

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_COLORIZE`

If this option is enabled, the texture will be converted to grayscale. You can then color the grayscale texture using the **Hue** and **Saturation** settings.

### Brightness

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_BRIGHNESS` · Range: [-100..100%]

Adds the values of all color components.

### Contrast

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_CONTRAST` · Range: [-100..100%]

Regulates the overall contrast of the texture. A value greater than 0 raises the contrast, a value less than 0 lowers the contrast. A value of -100% produces a completely neutral gray. A value of 100% gives full contrast between complete saturation and no saturation.

### Gamma

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_GAMMA` · Range: [0.10..100.00]

Regulates the mid-tones. Lesser values darken the mid-tones, greater values brighten them up.

### Enable Clipping

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_CLIPPING`

### Low Clip

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_LOW_CLIP` · Range: [0..10000%]

### High Clip

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_HIGH_CLIP` · Range: [0..10000%]

![Image: 004400.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/004400.jpg)\
Original, Clipping 0,20, Clipping 20,0

These parameters clip or cut colors on two borders. The fastest way to understand how the parameters work is simply to try them.

![Image: subgroup.gif](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/subgroup.gif)\
Gradation Curves

# Gradation Curves

![Image: 035571.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/035571.jpg)\
The gradient curves can be used to brighten, darken or color specific brightness regions.

The gradient curves can be used to precisely modify brightness and color regions of original image. For example, only the dark regions of an image can be brightened or brighter regions can be colored.

This can also be done for individual color channels using the separate red, green and blue gradient curves.

In the Picture Viewer's Filter settings you will find a Color Grading function that affects images interactively.

### Enabled

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_GRADING_ENABLED`

Use this option to activate or deactivate the graph in the window below.

### Intensity

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_GRADING_INTENSITY` · Range: [0..100%]

Use this setting to define the strength of the Gradation Curve's effect on the texture. A value of 0% will result in no effect, a value of 100% produces the maximum effect.

### RGB

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_GRADING_CURVE_RGB`

Use this curve (in addition to the RGB curves) to define the overall brightness. How the **Curve** works is explained below.

### R

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_GRADING_CURVE_R`

### G

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_GRADING_CURVE_G`

### B

Parameter ID: `SLA_FILTER_GRADING_CURVE_B`

![Image: 035572.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/035572.jpg)\
The gradient curve is applied to the linear grayscale at the left. The result is shown on the right.

A gradient curve defines where a new brightness value will be assigned along the X axis. This is easy to recognize in the image above. The Curve applies a brightness value of 0 to the first third, i.e., black. The second third has a linear gradient that assigns proportional brightness values to the region. The last third has a maximum value, which means it appears white.

This can also be done separately for each color channel, red, green, and blue. This makes it possible to color dark or bright regions only (the histogram in the Picture Viewer shows where which color dominates in the image):

![Image: 035573.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/035573.jpg)\
Dark regions in the center were colored red and bright regions at the right blue.