Material - I want a gradient texture to not rotate with object

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Hello,
I’m trying to create a stylised gradient look. Now, this isn’t an issue for general objects as I can make the gradient a part of the texture. However, I have rocks that I want to be able to rotate around freely and if I bake the gradient into the texture this makes things look weird. So, I thought that doing it via a material would solve this issue.

  1. Is it possible to have a fixed gradient that doesn’t rotate with the object?
  2. What jumping off points can you suggest to get me started?

Thanks,
Andy

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Check out the “World Position Offset” material Node. You can mask out every channel (RGB) and use it like XYZ coordinates for your UV input of your texture gradient.