# reference-look-calibration

This skill compares a product preview against a source image using colour, brightness and mask metrics, then adjusts Blender materials, lighting and camera crop.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 797 installs · ★ 125
- Author: RobLe3
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/RobLe3/cc-blender-skill/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/reference-look-calibration/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-12
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/reference-look-calibration

## What it does

The skill runs at the final look pass, once geometry and UVs are locked. It takes reference images, product previews and fit reports, then computes measurable numbers: object and bright-mask IoU with bbox extent, hue-band mask IoU for glow and accent assets, mean and std HSV and BGR under the object mask, brightness p95 and mean, saturation mean, hue drift. `scripts/look_fit_report.py` does that part.

Calibration follows a fixed order: camera crop and orthographic scale first, then world and background darkness, base material hue/value/saturation, emission strength and glow colour, aura or HUD ring colour and thickness, and colour management with exposure and gamma last. The order matters because tuning lights before the silhouette matches just wastes a pass.

It drives Blender through an MCP server — code execution, scene and object summaries, viewport renders to a path, API doc search. Read `../text-to-blender/references/mcp-backends.md` before the first Blender call and stay on the same backend for the whole task. Inputs are `validation/multiview_fit_report*.json` plus product previews; outputs are `validation/look_fit_report.json`, look overlays and updated material, light and render settings.

## Requirements
- Works with: Blender

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill reference-look-calibration -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/reference-look-calibration/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/reference-look-calibration/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill reference-look-calibration -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/reference-look-calibration/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill reference-look-calibration -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/reference-look-calibration/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install RobLe3/cc-blender-skill reference-look-calibration
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/reference-look-calibration/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill reference-look-calibration -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --path plugin/skills/reference-look-calibration
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/reference-look-calibration/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill reference-look-calibration -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/RobLe3/cc-blender-skill/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/reference-look-calibration/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- compare a product preview to a reference with hard numbers
- find out why a render came out too bright or desaturated
- match glow and accent hue to the source image
- fix silhouette extent through camera crop before touching colour
- record look metrics before and after calibration

## Example prompts
- run look_fit_report.py and show me where the preview drifts from the reference in brightness
- the silhouette is off — fix the orthographic camera scale, leave colour alone for now
- the glow hue is wrong, pull the emission back toward the reference

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: reference-look-calibration
description: Calibrate Blender materials, lighting, camera crop, emission/glow, color management, and aura/HUD styling against supplied original/reference images using measurable color, brightness, saturation, bbox, and mask statistics. Use when a product must match the lighting/look of a source image or when audits say the product is too bright, desaturated, wrong hue, wrong glow, or wrong silhouette extent.
allowed-tools: Read Bash Glob Grep mcp__blender__execute_blender_code mcp__blender__get_scene_info mcp__blender__get_object_info mcp__blender__get_objects_summary mcp__blender__get_object_detail_summary mcp__blender__render_viewport_to_path mcp__blender__search_api_docs mcp__blender_official__execute_blender_code mcp__blender_official__get_objects_summary mcp__blender_official__get_object_detail_summary mcp__blender_official__render_viewport_to_path mcp__blender_official__search_api_docs
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## MCP backend

Use when: Reference-based look-dev, lighting/material/color calibration, original-image visual matching, glow/aura/HUD matching, HSV/brightness/mask fit reports, final look pass after geometry and UV are locked.

Before the first Blender call, read [../text-to-blender/references/mcp-backends.md](../text-to-blender/references/mcp-backends.md). Prefer official MCP for shared capabilities; preserve the selected backend for the whole task. Tool names in recipes are client/legacy examples: map them through that reference and its agent-host guide.
# Reference Look Calibration

This skill handles the final visual match after geometry and UVs are locked. It must not compensate for wrong shape, wrong UVs, or wrong camera framing.

## Inputs

- accepted geometry / UV fit reports;
- reference/original image(s);
- product preview render(s);
- optional mask overlays and multiview fit reports.

## Metrics

Use `scripts/look_fit_report.py` to compare:

- object/bright-mask IoU and bbox extent;
- configured hue-band mask IoU for glow/accent assets;
- mean/std HSV and BGR under object mask;
- brightness p95 / mean;
- saturation mean;
- hue drift.

## Calibration order
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