How do I avoid banding in Gradients?

johnp

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27 Mar 2008 - 7:01 PM

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I've applied a circular gradient to the background of a portrait and there is very noticeable banding. I understand why - only 256 shades from end to end. I could obviously do better in 16-bit, but when it's converted back to 8-bit to mail to the lab we're back to square 1. And yes, I did have dithering checked.

I've tried applying gaussian blur but it didn't really help.

Can anyone offer some advice, please?

John

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27 Mar 2008 - 7:45 PM

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...or get a better monitor perhaps?

Big Bri

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27 Mar 2008 - 7:50 PM

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Mike, you can't talk. Look at the banding in your avatar!!!!