--- title: "GradientMap" docs: "Phaser v4.1.0" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-gradientmap site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- > This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page. # GradientMap The GradientMap Filter Controller. This controller manages the GradientMap effect for a Camera. GradientMap recolors an image using a ColorRamp. The image is converted to a progress value at each point, and that progress is evaluated as a color along the ramp. The progress value is normally the brightness of the image. You can use the `colorFactor` and `color` properties to customize it. **Constructor** `new GradientMap(camera, [config])` **Parameters** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | camera | [Phaser.Cameras.Scene2D.Camera](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/cameras-scene2d-camera.md) | No | The camera that owns this filter. | | config | [Phaser.Types.Filters.GradientMapConfig](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/typedef/types-filters.md#GradientMapConfig) | Yes | The configuration object for the GradientMap effect. | --- **Scope**: static **Extends** > [Phaser.Filters.Controller](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md) > Source: [src/filters/GradientMap.js#L11](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/filters/GradientMap.js#L11) Since: 4.0.0 ## Inherited Members **From [Phaser.Filters.Controller](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md):** - [active](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#active) - [allowBaseDraw](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#allowbasedraw) - [camera](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#camera) - [currentPadding](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#currentpadding) - [ignoreDestroy](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#ignoredestroy) - [paddingOverride](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#paddingoverride) - [renderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#rendernode) --- ## Public Members ### alpha #### alpha: number **Description:** The blend strength of the gradient map effect over the original image, in the range 0 (no effect, original image fully visible) to 1 (full gradient map effect, original image fully replaced). > Source: [src/filters/GradientMap.js#L140](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/filters/GradientMap.js#L140) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### color #### color: Array.\ **Description:** RGBA offset values added directly to the ramp progress after `colorFactor` has been applied. Each element corresponds to a channel: red, green, blue, and alpha. For example, setting a channel to `1` when its corresponding `colorFactor` entry is `-1` effectively inverts that channel's contribution to the progress value. > Source: [src/filters/GradientMap.js#L85](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/filters/GradientMap.js#L85) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### colorFactor #### colorFactor: Array.\ **Description:** RGBA multipliers applied to each channel of the source image to compute the ramp progress value. The results are summed together. The defaults `[ 0.3, 0.6, 0.1, 0 ]` approximate standard luminance weights, producing a perceptually accurate grayscale progress. Keep the sum of factors equal to 1 for a normalized result, or use negative values (paired with `color` offsets) to invert a channel's contribution. > Source: [src/filters/GradientMap.js#L106](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/filters/GradientMap.js#L106) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### dither #### dither: boolean **Description:** Whether to use Interleaved Gradient Noise to dither the ramp. This can reduce banding, but the effect is easily lost if the image is later transformed. > Source: [src/filters/GradientMap.js#L73](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/filters/GradientMap.js#L73) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### ramp #### ramp: [Phaser.Display.ColorRamp](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/display-colorramp.md) **Description:** The ColorRamp used to recolor the image. Each pixel's brightness (or custom progress value derived from `colorFactor` and `color`) is looked up along this ramp to determine its output color. > Source: [src/filters/GradientMap.js#L62](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/filters/GradientMap.js#L62) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### unpremultiply #### unpremultiply: boolean **Description:** Whether the input should be unpremultiplied before computing progress. This means that transparent colors are considered at full brightness. It is usually desirable. > Source: [src/filters/GradientMap.js#L128](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/filters/GradientMap.js#L128) Since: 4.0.0 --- ## Inherited Methods **From [Phaser.Filters.Controller](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md):** - [destroy](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#destroy) - [getPadding](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#getpadding) - [getPaddingCeil](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#getpaddingceil) - [setActive](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#setactive) - [setPaddingOverride](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/filters-controller.md#setpaddingoverride) --- --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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