esco-uk Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) Hi all I've been using Paint.net for work for some time now but i've encountered a problem recently. I have to save my work as .dds in either DXT1 or DXT5 which leaves a gradient i painted with lots of banding. Any tips for removing would be greatly appreciated. Project: After saving to .dds: Thanks Edited July 20, 2022 by esco-uk Clear title Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution null54 Posted July 20, 2022 Solution Share Posted July 20, 2022 1 hour ago, esco-uk said: I have to save my work as .dds in either DXT1 or DXT5 which leaves a gradient i painted with lots of banding. What version of Paint.NET were you using previously? The original DDS plugin was replaced with one that supports the DirectX 10 formats in Paint.NET 4.2.2. Unfortunately, the DirectXTex library that the new plugin uses does not provide any quality options for the DXTn compression. I would recommend that you use BC7 or one of the uncompressed formats when saving images with a gradient. 1 Quote Plugin Pack | PSFilterPdn | Content Aware Fill | G'MIC | Paint Shop Pro Filetype | RAW Filetype | WebP Filetype The small increase in performance you get coding in C++ over C# is hardly enough to offset the headache of coding in the C++ language. ~BoltBait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esco-uk Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 8 hours ago, null54 said: What version of Paint.NET were you using previously? The original DDS plugin was replaced with one that supports the DirectX 10 formats in Paint.NET 4.2.2. Unfortunately, the DirectXTex library that the new plugin uses does not provide any quality options for the DXTn compression. I would recommend that you use BC7 or one of the uncompressed formats when saving images with a gradient. Hi Null, thanks for your reply I am running currently This is the first time using a gradient in my work to be honest. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null54 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 hours ago, esco-uk said: This is the first time using a gradient in my work to be honest. I misinterpreted your original post to mean that you had recently upgraded from a pre 4.2.2 version of Paint.NET. As I mentioned in my previous post, the fix would be to use BC7 or one of the uncompressed formats (e.g. R8G8B8A8). 1 Quote Plugin Pack | PSFilterPdn | Content Aware Fill | G'MIC | Paint Shop Pro Filetype | RAW Filetype | WebP Filetype The small increase in performance you get coding in C++ over C# is hardly enough to offset the headache of coding in the C++ language. ~BoltBait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeerkatPower32 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 It's in the compressors tactics to butcher your image like this. I used AMD Compressinator with quality 1.0 with DXT5. You get same results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null54 Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 3 hours ago, MeerkatPower32 said: It's in the compressors tactics to butcher your image like this. The behavior would depend on the compressor implementation. For example, the Cluster Fit or Iterative Cluster Fit compression modes in libsquish will commonly prevent banding. Quote Plugin Pack | PSFilterPdn | Content Aware Fill | G'MIC | Paint Shop Pro Filetype | RAW Filetype | WebP Filetype The small increase in performance you get coding in C++ over C# is hardly enough to offset the headache of coding in the C++ language. ~BoltBait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esco-uk Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 On 7/27/2022 at 11:01 AM, null54 said: The behavior would depend on the compressor implementation. For example, the Cluster Fit or Iterative Cluster Fit compression modes in libsquish will commonly prevent banding. Forgot to keep this posted updated. I took your advice null and went with a uncompressed format but because i have to work to a file size i dropped the res, fortunately without much lose in the details. Thanks for the pointers all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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