Supermini_man Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 I don't know if this is the right subforum to post this but why gradients in Paint.net tend to look posterized? This is what appears to me: Although with the same colors in PS doesn't have any problem: It is the gradient algorinth of each program or its a bug? Quote Artist/Game Developer/Traveller DeviantARTGame Jolt Profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Photoshop uses a fancy dithering algorithm. Paint.NET does a straight, simple gradient. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 @pyrochild: how 'bout a "Gradient+" plugin? :-P Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Yeah, I already added that to my list. Like 10 minutes after I posted. Unfortunately, that list is now like 20 items long. Hopefully over the winter I can knock off half of it. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 By the way, you can use Effects -> Distort -> Frosted Glass with Smoothness set to max to fake the dither: Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supermini_man Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 Thanks for the tip pyrochild! That seems to work perfectly. Quote Artist/Game Developer/Traveller DeviantARTGame Jolt Profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 @pyrochild You should post that in the Tips And Tricks thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisVDM Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Photoshop uses a fancy dithering algorithm. Paint.NET does a straight, simple gradient. My "Gradient" plugin does dithering too now. It's not as versatile as PDN's gadient, and the dithering is not as strong as PhotoShop's, but it works. It should help especially if two interpolated colors are really close to each other. If you're interested, download via the link below. Quote Kris VandermottenDownload my Paint.NET Effects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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