If the banding is in the image itself, you can try some creative filter effects like gaussian blur, add noise, or physically airbrush color to blend the banding out. If you’re talking about the output ( print ) banding, there are several possibilities like: print head alignment, low ink level in the cartridge(s), mismatch between paper and printer settings, etc. You will see banding in some of the channels from internet images that have been overly compressed. You can get "Image Doctor", a plug-in that features jpeg repair, which does a rather nice job removing artifacts and banding via its settings.
UPMF,
A few more details would help us diagnose and help solve the issue.
Neil
Thanks guys.
Ive been using blend modes (soft light) and I have been getting banding and really did think there was much you could do about it.In fact didnt really know what to call it.And just wanted to find a few different ways of handling the problem.
John I will look into this image doctor thanks
Any other ways to handle it would be appreciated
Thanks Chris AKA UPMF
In the old days, banding used to show up in low end monitors with low Video RAM, if any. Just a flash-back. You may want to look into your monitor’s resolution setting, just for ha, ha’s. There definitely a few possibilites, but adding soft-light blending usually does not result in banding unless your image is an overly compressed .jpg, where filter effects could adversely affect it.
