fix: reframe and relight the two newest heroes for card-scale readability (#92)

* fix: reframe the gamma-cross bench for card-scale readability

The t=0 crimson panel kissed the left frame edge and read as a black slot
at card scale, the panel row was sparse, and the floor caption was
unreadable. The bench is now dense and fully inside the frame with
margins, and the caption material carries a faint self-glow so it
survives thumbnail scale. Render-path only; the check is untouched and
re-verified on 5.1.2 and 4.5.11.

Signed-off-by: fOuttaMyPaint <TMhospitalitystrategies@gmail.com>

* fix: relight light-link-studio plaques for card-scale readability

Closer camera left the LINKED/UNLINKED floor plaques out of frame, and
they were unreadable in the decoy's dark zone regardless. Plaques moved
into view with a faint self-glow so both read at thumbnail (the decoy
stays dark — that is the contract). Ratio re-verified: 4.0x on 5.1.2,
rise 276%, drift 0.0%; check green on 4.5.11 too.

Signed-off-by: fOuttaMyPaint <TMhospitalitystrategies@gmail.com>

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Signed-off-by: fOuttaMyPaint <TMhospitalitystrategies@gmail.com>

Author: TMHSDigital

docs/gallery/assets/light-link-studio-hero.webp

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ <h2>Source</h2>
     cam = bpy.data.cameras.new(<span class="s">&quot;Cam&quot;</span>)
     cam.lens = <span class="n">55.0</span>
     cam_ob = bpy.data.objects.new(<span class="s">&quot;Cam&quot;</span>, cam)
-    cam_ob.location = (<span class="n">0.0</span>, -<span class="n">6.4</span>, <span class="n">1.35</span>)
+    cam_ob.location = (<span class="n">0.0</span>, -<span class="n">5.9</span>, <span class="n">1.32</span>)
     cam_ob.rotation_euler = (math.radians(<span class="n">86</span>), <span class="n">0.0</span>, <span class="n">0.0</span>)
     sc.collection.objects.link(cam_ob)
     sc.camera = cam_ob
@@ -444,13 +444,17 @@ <h2>Source</h2>
     pb.inputs[<span class="s">&quot;Base Color&quot;</span>].default_value = (<span class="n">0.42</span>, <span class="n">0.44</span>, <span class="n">0.48</span>, <span class="n">1.0</span>)
     pb.inputs[<span class="s">&quot;Metallic&quot;</span>].default_value = <span class="n">0.2</span>
     pb.inputs[<span class="s">&quot;Roughness&quot;</span>].default_value = <span class="n">0.6</span>
+    <span class="c"># faint self-glow: the LINKED plaque must read even in the decoy&#x27;s dark</span>
+    sock = pb.inputs.get(<span class="s">&quot;Emission Color&quot;</span>) <span class="k">or</span> pb.inputs[<span class="s">&quot;Emission&quot;</span>]
+    sock.default_value = (<span class="n">0.35</span>, <span class="n">0.37</span>, <span class="n">0.42</span>, <span class="n">1.0</span>)
+    pb.inputs[<span class="s">&quot;Emission Strength&quot;</span>].default_value = <span class="n">0.6</span>
     cu = bpy.data.curves.new(<span class="s">&quot;Plaque&quot;</span>, <span class="s">&#x27;FONT&#x27;</span>)
     cu.body = text
     cu.align_x = <span class="s">&#x27;CENTER&#x27;</span>
     cu.size = <span class="n">0.20</span>
     cu.extrude = <span class="n">0.006</span>
     ob = bpy.data.objects.new(<span class="s">&quot;Plaque&quot;</span>, cu)
-    ob.location = (x, -<span class="n">1.05</span>, <span class="n">0.01</span>)
+    ob.location = (x, -<span class="n">0.68</span>, <span class="n">0.01</span>)
     ob.data.materials.append(pm)
     sc.collection.objects.link(ob)
 

docs/gallery/assets/vse-gamma-cross-hero.webp

@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ <h2>Source</h2>
         <span class="k">try</span>:
             bmesh.ops.create_cube(bm, size=<span class="n">1.0</span>,
                                   matrix=__import__(<span class="s">&quot;mathutils&quot;</span>).Matrix.Diagonal(
-                                      (<span class="n">0.52</span>, <span class="n">0.10</span>, <span class="n">0.62</span>, <span class="n">1.0</span>)))
+                                      (<span class="n">0.56</span>, <span class="n">0.10</span>, <span class="n">0.66</span>, <span class="n">1.0</span>)))
             bm.to_mesh(me)
         <span class="k">finally</span>:
             bm.free()
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ <h2>Source</h2>
 
     <span class="c"># two rows: the authentic fade across the top, the naive mid below it,</span>
     <span class="c"># framed — the gamma dip is the visible contrast</span>
-    xs = [(-<span class="n">2.50</span> + <span class="n">0.72</span> * i) <span class="k">for</span> i <span class="k">in</span> range(<span class="n">8</span>)]
+    xs = [(-<span class="n">2.17</span> + <span class="n">0.62</span> * i) <span class="k">for</span> i <span class="k">in</span> range(<span class="n">8</span>)]
     <span class="k">for</span> (f, _t), x <span class="k">in</span> zip(SAMPLES, xs):
         panel(<span class="s">f&quot;</span><span class="s">t</span>{_t}<span class="s">&quot;</span>, got[f], x, z=<span class="n">1.85</span>)
     lerp_rgb = tuple(naive(<span class="n">0.5</span>, k) <span class="k">for</span> k <span class="k">in</span> range(<span class="n">3</span>))
@@ -451,6 +451,9 @@ <h2>Source</h2>
     cb.inputs[<span class="s">&quot;Base Color&quot;</span>].default_value = (<span class="n">0.42</span>, <span class="n">0.44</span>, <span class="n">0.48</span>, <span class="n">1.0</span>)
     cb.inputs[<span class="s">&quot;Metallic&quot;</span>].default_value = <span class="n">0.2</span>
     cb.inputs[<span class="s">&quot;Roughness&quot;</span>].default_value = <span class="n">0.6</span>
+    sock = cb.inputs.get(<span class="s">&quot;Emission Color&quot;</span>) <span class="k">or</span> cb.inputs[<span class="s">&quot;Emission&quot;</span>]
+    sock.default_value = (<span class="n">0.35</span>, <span class="n">0.37</span>, <span class="n">0.42</span>, <span class="n">1.0</span>)
+    cb.inputs[<span class="s">&quot;Emission Strength&quot;</span>].default_value = <span class="n">0.6</span>
 
     <span class="k">def</span> caption(text, x, z):
         cu = bpy.data.curves.new(<span class="s">&quot;Caption&quot;</span>, <span class="s">&#x27;FONT&#x27;</span>)
@@ -548,7 +551,7 @@ <h2>Source</h2>
     cam_data = bpy.data.cameras.new(<span class="s">&quot;Cam&quot;</span>)
     cam_data.lens = <span class="n">50.0</span>
     cam = bpy.data.objects.new(<span class="s">&quot;Cam&quot;</span>, cam_data)
-    cam.location = (<span class="n">0.2</span>, -<span class="n">8.2</span>, <span class="n">2.4</span>)
+    cam.location = (<span class="n">0.3</span>, -<span class="n">9.2</span>, <span class="n">2.5</span>)
     scene.collection.objects.link(cam)
     target = bpy.data.objects.new(<span class="s">&quot;Aim&quot;</span>, <span class="k">None</span>)
     target.location = (<span class="n">0.15</span>, <span class="n">0.0</span>, <span class="n">1.35</span>)

docs/gallery/contact-sheets/light-link-studio-contact-sheet.webp

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def build_studio(sc):
     cam = bpy.data.cameras.new("Cam")
     cam.lens = 55.0
     cam_ob = bpy.data.objects.new("Cam", cam)
-    cam_ob.location = (0.0, -6.4, 1.35)
+    cam_ob.location = (0.0, -5.9, 1.32)
     cam_ob.rotation_euler = (math.radians(86), 0.0, 0.0)
     sc.collection.objects.link(cam_ob)
     sc.camera = cam_ob
@@ -239,13 +239,17 @@ def plaque(sc, text, x):
     pb.inputs["Base Color"].default_value = (0.42, 0.44, 0.48, 1.0)
     pb.inputs["Metallic"].default_value = 0.2
     pb.inputs["Roughness"].default_value = 0.6
+    # faint self-glow: the LINKED plaque must read even in the decoy's dark
+    sock = pb.inputs.get("Emission Color") or pb.inputs["Emission"]
+    sock.default_value = (0.35, 0.37, 0.42, 1.0)
+    pb.inputs["Emission Strength"].default_value = 0.6
     cu = bpy.data.curves.new("Plaque", 'FONT')
     cu.body = text
     cu.align_x = 'CENTER'
     cu.size = 0.20
     cu.extrude = 0.006
     ob = bpy.data.objects.new("Plaque", cu)
-    ob.location = (x, -1.05, 0.01)
+    ob.location = (x, -0.68, 0.01)
     ob.data.materials.append(pm)
     sc.collection.objects.link(ob)
 

docs/gallery/contact-sheets/vse-gamma-cross-contact-sheet.webp

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def panel(name, rgb, x, z, hot=False):
         try:
             bmesh.ops.create_cube(bm, size=1.0,
                                   matrix=__import__("mathutils").Matrix.Diagonal(
-                                      (0.52, 0.10, 0.62, 1.0)))
+                                      (0.56, 0.10, 0.66, 1.0)))
             bm.to_mesh(me)
         finally:
             bm.free()
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def panel(name, rgb, x, z, hot=False):
 
     # two rows: the authentic fade across the top, the naive mid below it,
     # framed — the gamma dip is the visible contrast
-    xs = [(-2.50 + 0.72 * i) for i in range(8)]
+    xs = [(-2.17 + 0.62 * i) for i in range(8)]
     for (f, _t), x in zip(SAMPLES, xs):
         panel(f"t{_t}", got[f], x, z=1.85)
     lerp_rgb = tuple(naive(0.5, k) for k in range(3))
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ def panel(name, rgb, x, z, hot=False):
     cb.inputs["Base Color"].default_value = (0.42, 0.44, 0.48, 1.0)
     cb.inputs["Metallic"].default_value = 0.2
     cb.inputs["Roughness"].default_value = 0.6
+    sock = cb.inputs.get("Emission Color") or cb.inputs["Emission"]
+    sock.default_value = (0.35, 0.37, 0.42, 1.0)
+    cb.inputs["Emission Strength"].default_value = 0.6
 
     def caption(text, x, z):
         cu = bpy.data.curves.new("Caption", 'FONT')
@@ -342,7 +345,7 @@ def light(name, loc, energy, size, col, rot):
     cam_data = bpy.data.cameras.new("Cam")
     cam_data.lens = 50.0
     cam = bpy.data.objects.new("Cam", cam_data)
-    cam.location = (0.2, -8.2, 2.4)
+    cam.location = (0.3, -9.2, 2.5)
     scene.collection.objects.link(cam)
     target = bpy.data.objects.new("Aim", None)
     target.location = (0.15, 0.0, 1.35)