by Luke Adwick·Workflow
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Earns its place in the Superhive library for covering a specific niche: authoring vertex color and alpha gradients with linear, reflected, and radial modes, per-channel control, and in-viewport visualization, all from a single UI panel.
The Blender 4-1 Vertex Color & Vertex Alpha Gradient Maker And Visualizer is an add-on from Luke Adwick for creating, customizing, and visualizing vertex color and vertex alpha gradients on mesh objects in Blender. It handles linear, reflected, and radial gradients for both color and alpha, in any axis direction across X, Y, and Z. The developer notes it suits setting up wind bending gradients for shaders and stylized graphics.
Controls cover start percentage, gradient percentage, and radial offsets in 3D space, with support for both global and local transforms. You can set gradients for R, G, B, custom color values, alpha, and custom alpha values, and erase specific color channels. Multi-selection support applies settings to several objects at once, toggling between per-object local transform gradients and gradients across the full selection's bounding box.
A UI panel gives instant visualization of every function in the 3D View, and you can toggle visualization of vertex colors and vertex alpha directly in the viewport. When visualizing, the tool saves existing materials so they can be re-applied. It targets Blender 4.1 and ships under the GPL license. A demo video is available.
Blender 4-1 Vertex Color & Vertex Alpha Gradient Maker And Visualizer is best for blender artists authoring vertex color and vertex alpha gradients on meshes, including wind bending gradients for shaders and stylized graphics.
Blender 4-1 Vertex Color & Vertex Alpha Gradient Maker And Visualizer is completely free to download and use.
The Blender 4-1 Vertex Color & Vertex Alpha Gradient Maker And Visualizer targets Blender 4.1, as its name and listed Blender version indicate. It applies vertex color and vertex alpha gradients directly on mesh objects inside Blender, with instant visualization in the 3D View. Since only Blender 4.1 is listed, check the developer's page before installing on a different release. The add-on was published almost two years ago, so confirm current support details directly with Luke Adwick on Superhive.
The Blender 4-1 Vertex Color & Vertex Alpha Gradient Maker And Visualizer is distributed under the GPL license. Its developer, Luke Adwick, is also listed as a Blender Development Fund contributor. For anything beyond the standard GPL terms, such as how you may redistribute or modify the tool, review the developer's page for full and current details. The listing also carries a 5-star rating from two reviews on Superhive.
The Blender 4-1 Vertex Color & Vertex Alpha Gradient Maker And Visualizer is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing and availability can change over time, so check Luke Adwick's page on Superhive for the current terms before you download. The tool is provided under the GPL license, and its developer is a Blender Development Fund contributor. For any questions about the product, Superhive lets you log in to message the creator directly.
The Blender 4-1 Vertex Color & Vertex Alpha Gradient Maker And Visualizer includes multi-selection support, so you can apply gradient settings to several selected objects at once. It lets you toggle between per-object local transform gradients and gradients spanning the full selection's bounding box. Alongside this, the tool supports both Global Transform and Local Transform, and offers controls for start percentage, gradient percentage, and radial offsets in 3D space. These options cover color and alpha across the X, Y, and Z axes.
The Blender 4-1 Vertex Color & Vertex Alpha Gradient Maker And Visualizer can toggle visualization of vertex colors and vertex alpha directly in the viewport. Its UI panel gives instant visualization of all functions in the 3D View. When visualizing, the tool saves existing materials so they can be re-applied afterward. You can also set gradients for R, G, B, custom color values, alpha, and custom alpha values, and erase specific color channels as needed.
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