Gradient Artifact Problem

[Gtuned]

I've been using PDN For a while, and theres something i just noticed, that Gradients and Vignettes often leave a JPG Artifact to the pictures, like the color isn't smooth and the bars of color are visible, Is it just paint.net or my monitor ? it's starting to get annoying cause it's the first things i see on my pictures.

[BoltBait]

If you are seeing visible banding on a gradient, you may want to try using a Frosted Glass (1) on the gradient after you draw it.

[Gtuned]

Banding was the word i was looking for, and i've tried that, guassian blur, but it still shows up.

[BoltBait]

No, not Gaussian Blur. Try Frosted Glass of radius 1.

This will eliminate the obvious banding.

[Gtuned]

I know, but i've tried that gaussian blur and other stuff, not at the same time, but it still shows the bands, and when i zoom in i can clearly see the bands too, im starting to think its my monitor, which won't be good.

[pyrochild]

Frosted Glass

-Maximum scatter radius: play with this setting

-Minimum scatter radius: 0.0

-Smoothness: 8

It has nothing to do with your monitor.

[Gtuned]

Still does it, and i looked at other gradients and i can still see faint bars.

[pyrochild]

A computer display can only show a finite number of colors. There is no such thing as a perfect gradient on a computer, as that would require an infinite number of colors between the 2 endpoints of the gradient. The best you can hope to do is to dither it, which is what the Frosted Glass effect does.

Like I said, you have to play with the setting until it looks good. Note that I said "good," not "perfect."

[Rick Brewster]

This is not a bug.