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  Gradient Banding

  Posted by duncan24 on 30 October 2007 at 13:42

  We’ve a Roland SolJet Pro II. Running off Wasatch.

  Our client is moaning about the gradient fade banding towards the white end of a blue to white fade

  ANY TIPS!!!? 🙁

  Phill Fenton replied 18 years ago 5 Members · 10 Replies
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  John Childs

  Member

  30 October 2007 at 14:21

  I get the same.

  I normally save and print as eps, but I have found that the banding is much less if I save as a jpeg.

  Perhaps a bit of experimentation?

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  Chris Wool

  Member

  30 October 2007 at 14:23

  how are you creating the eps. if corel increase the fountain fill

  chris

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  John Childs

  Member

  30 October 2007 at 14:45

  I create in Illustrator, then save as Illustrator eps.

  Haven’t got a "fountain fill" unless it is there under another name in Adobe.

  I freely admit to knowing very little about print. 😀

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  Ian Johnston

  Member

  30 October 2007 at 15:09

  this happens all the time on a vector gradient fill,
  the only solution i have found is to create your fill using the maxium no of steps in gradient, normally 1000 an save this as a jpeg, then import your jpeg and mask it back into you artwork thus enabling the vector detail to remain. A gradient vector once exported from a program becomes huge and can quite often kill a RIP with detail.

  Ian

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  duncan24

  Member

  30 October 2007 at 15:57

  Great idea……jogs my memory a little on a past job.

  …..but how do I do this in Photoshop/illustrator????? Im only used to making gradient up using the gradient tool….with the gradient being 4metres long….i need to find a solution!

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  John Childs

  Member

  30 October 2007 at 16:03

  Draw up your gradient in Illustrator, then export it as a jpg.

  Then open up the jpg, stick your vector cut lines on it, then save as an eps.

  I think that should do it.

  PS. I know less about Photoshop than I do about printing. 🙁

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  duncan24

  Member

  30 October 2007 at 16:06

  thanks JOhn, but I was after Ians recommendation with the 1000 steps 🙂

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  Ian Johnston

  Member

  30 October 2007 at 16:57

  duncan , i dont use illustrator much and have it on my laptop which is on site at a job at the moment. I mainly use Easysign (brilliant program btw) but it should be in the fill profile box where you change the angle and colour of the fill etc usually just below the angle rotation box.

  Ian

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  duncan24

  Member

  30 October 2007 at 17:17

  oh marbles.

  Im on Flexisign, corel x3, photoshop so back to drawing board! :lol1:

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  Phill Fenton

  Member

  30 October 2007 at 17:31

  It also helps to add a bit of "noise" distortion once you have created your jpg. This "blurs the gradient fill and smooths it out.

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