Not enough gradient (grey) area in texture nodes

[Jeong]

I was adding gradation to the mountain, but there wasn’t enough gray area when I applied the Separate XYZ node and previewed it. I tried to add more topologies (subdividing), but that didn’t resolve it. I’m not sure where I made a mistake. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the entire process. thanks! @Grant_Abbitt

[NP5]

Change Linear to Ease in the colour ramp I find helps a bit.
Also try Generated rather than Object in the Mapping node.

When you use ‘Object’, the origin position affects the gradient position too.
In Layout, top right ‘Options’ dropdown. Tick Origins. So only the origin moves with the mouse. Move it up and down and you can see and adjust, if wanted, the position of the gradient on the object.

Examples below if that helps. Note the three different origin position’s effect on Object.
Object & Linear

Generated & Linear

Object and Ease

Generated & Ease

[FedPete]

Great explanation

[Jeong]

@NP5

Generated & Ease

Thank you so much for your detailed explanation!! It was really helpful.
Among those, Generated in Texture Coordinate & Ease in Color Ramp worked the best for the smooth gradation.

[RayMobula]

Had a similar challenge. Here is my take on it

Is it possible to use a different objects to "normalize" gradient?

After fiddling around with the nodes, the answer to my original questions seems to be Yes. The key is the location of the center point of the reference object - here the rectangle. (Thx, @NP5 for the post) Center at z = 0 [image] Moving the center point in the rectangle down impacts the other objects. [image] Moving the center point up [image] Nodes - Object is the reference geometry. Use Object as vector node. [image] Hope this helps. Ray