Plugging MV #24 Simple Canvas Filters & Manipulating Colors | The Monster Within

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Plugging MV #24
Plugin: RS_SimpleCanvasFilter.js

This plugin allows us to apply some filter effects in RPG Maker MV, that can help us better manipulate colors on-screen.
Side note: (I was focused on the story a bit too much while working on this video. So I didn't properly showcase ALL the plugin commands. Super sorry about that!)
Programmer: biud436
Tested on Version: 1.5.1

Download Link:
https://github.com/biud436/MV/blob/master/RS_SimpleCanvasFilter.js
(Right Click on 'Raw', and select 'Save link as...')

HOW TO:

To invert screen colors, use the plugin command:
CanvasFilter Whole invert true
...and type 'false' instead of 'true', to go back to normal.

To blur the screen, use:
CanvasFilter Whole blur 5px
...or use any other number.

To increase or decrease the brightness, use:
CanvasFilter Whole brightness 0.5
...with '0' being black, '1.0' being normal, and more than 1.0 increasing overall brightness.

To change saturation, use:
CanvasFilter Whole saturate 150%
... with '100%' being normal saturation. More than 100% will increase saturation, while less than 100% will decrease it.

Similarly, you can manipulate contrast using:
CanvasFilter Whole contrast 150%

To change hue, use:
CanvasFilter Whole hueRotate 50deg
...value can be anything from '0deg' to '359deg'.

To apply grayscale, use:
CanvasFilter Whole grayscale 60%
...the greater tha value, the greater the grayscale.

Similarly, you can also apply the sepia effect:
CanvasFilter Whole sepia 60%

To use more than one filter at a time, you need to run the following plugin command as well:
CanvasFilter Whole setMultipleFlag true

Turn 'true' to 'false', when you want to use only one.
Using more than one, means that whatever filter you run, it will be added to the previous one.

To clear all filters from screen, use:
CanvasFilter Whole clear

Checkout the official instructions inside the plugin, to learn more commands and scripts.

Some Applications:
1- Create trippy scenes!
2- Create more complicated types of color/weather/climates for your maps. (With brightness, Hue-shift, saturation, and contrast, you now have more ways to manipulate colors for each individual scene.)
3- Use these filters to better express how your protagonist is seeing things around them.
4- Use the blur effect for story devices. (Like when your protagonist's eyes are damaged, or they lose their glasses. And then they end up killing someone or something they weren't suppose to kill... you know, the usual.)
5- Use the invert filter effect for 'shock' moments, or to showcase a different dimension within the same map.

Spreadsheet Link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w2Zy5Gbp47ObutYiv7cU6DV82LK3reAncxM0weKR04Q/edit?usp=sharing

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