Texture brighter on material than expected

[KimLaughton]

@MostHost_LA

Why not just darken the image?
as in, add a division factor, set the scalar to 1 so that there is no change.
adjust the scalar on the material until the texture looks OK.

You can multiply too using .01 to .99, but since you need to tone down only, using division allows you to use integers. 2 being half strength. 4 being a quarter and so on.

Oh. To be safe, clamp after the division. It’s not needed but it prevents lower values than 0 or higher values than 1

As mentioned above I tried darkening it and unfortunately this doesn’t solve the issue - it under exposes the highlights and excessively darkens the shadows.