Gradient Banding

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Mitch_Posada
Aug 21, 2007
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In CS2, I created a gradient that should be smooth but there is banding up and down the gradient. I would much appreciate some advice to smooth out my gradient. Thank you

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Rob_Keijzer
Aug 21, 2007
Can you show us the banding? There is not much to work on here.

Rob
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John_R_Nielsen
Aug 21, 2007
To avoid banding in gradients:

* Make sure that "Dither" is checked in the options for the Gradient tool. * Add noise.
* Keep the gradient as short as possible.
* Make the start and end colors very different.
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Ho
Aug 21, 2007
And if you’re using a flat panel, it could be your monitor.
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johntolliday
Aug 23, 2007
G’day Mitch,

what are you saving as? if jpeg, the lower quality you save as the more pronounced banding usually is..

regards
John

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