Linear Gradient Transitioning

[jdawgomedia webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I am curious how to make a linear gradient more smooth lookin gin transition from lets say, gray to white? I noticed that it appears to transition colors by bands of color, and would like it more smooth. I noticed this with the Macromedia site also (Gray green background color). It doesn't bother me, but our marketing team doesn't prefer it. Any tips or tricks (or treats :))?

[Sam Poikail]

Make sure that you are exporting the gradient as a JPG rather than a GIF.
That seems to be the most common cause of problems.

Cheers,
Sam

"jdawgomedia" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I am curious how to make a linear gradient more smooth lookin gin

transition from lets say, gray to white? I noticed that it appears to
transition colors by bands of color, and would like it more smooth. I
noticed this with the Macromedia site also (Gray green background color).
It doesn't bother me, but our marketing team doesn't prefer it. Any tips or
tricks (or treats :))?

>
>

[Richiebee]

Check the color depth setting on your computer. The Macromedia web site
should look pretty smooth. If it doesn't your computer is probably set to
16 bit color. You need 24 bit at least to get smooth transitions.


Rich


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"jdawgomedia" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I am curious how to make a linear gradient more smooth lookin gin

transition from lets say, gray to white? I noticed that it appears to
transition colors by bands of color, and would like it more smooth. I
noticed this with the Macromedia site also (Gray green background color).
It doesn't bother me, but our marketing team doesn't prefer it. Any tips or
tricks (or treats :))?

>
>

[jdawgomedia webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I switched my monitor to True Color 31 bit (didn't have 24 bit), and that worked. Everything turns out smooth. My only concern is that I'm not sure how many people out there, see the "bands" because their monitor are on High Color 16 bit settings. *ponder*

Thanks for the help. Love these forums.....

[John T]

Monitor resolution and color depth are two of the many unknown and
uncontrollable variables in web design.

John

"jdawgomedia" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I switched my monitor to True Color 31 bit (didn't have 24 bit), and that

worked. Everything turns out smooth. My only concern is that I'm not sure
how many people out there, see the "bands" because their monitor are on High
Color 16 bit settings. *ponder*

>
> Thanks for the help. Love these forums.....
>
>

[Linda Rathgeber]

"jdawgomedia" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> I switched my monitor to True Color 31 bit (didn't have 24 bit), and
> that worked. Everything turns out smooth. My only concern is that
> I'm not sure how many people out there, see the "bands" because their
> monitor are on High Color 16 bit settings. *ponder*

That's why lots of designers choose not to use gradients in large areas
unless they add some kind of noise to it. Adding a texture or noise to
the gradient breaks it up enough so the banding seems to disappear, or
is, at least, less noticeable.


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In article <bm6kco$iq1$1@forums.macromedia.com>,
"jdawgomedia" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> My only concern is that I'm not sure how many people out there, see the
> "bands" because their monitor are on High Color 16 bit settings.

In such cases, yours won't be the only site they see with banded
gradients. But I agree with Linda: large expanses of gradient should be
avoided. Successful designers let the limitations of the medium guide
the design process.

Web Design Rule #2: Never show the client anything that won't look good
on his mom's monitor.

(Rule #1: Get some money up front.)

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[jdawgomedia webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Great info. Out of curiosity, do you all keep your monitors on 16 bit so that you know when banding does occur?? Everything looks absolutely beautiful with 31 bit, but now I'm worried as a designer that I will not know what has banding, which I create.

[Linda Rathgeber]

"jdawgomedia" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> Great info. Out of curiosity, do you all keep your monitors on 16
> bit so that you know when banding does occur?? Everything looks
> absolutely beautiful with 31 bit, but now I'm worried as a designer
> that I will not know what has banding, which I create.

It really depends on the web site. If I'm doing a site where most of the
visitors are professional web designers, I use gradients because I can
be pretty sure their systems are up to date and set up to display true
color. If it's for a small business whose stats show that many viewers
are using version 4 or lower browsers, I'd avoid gradients. Most folks
use the browsers that came installed on their machines. If your visitors
are using older browsers, there's a good chance they are using older
machines too.


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[jdawgomedia webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Thanks for all your input!

[Bill Ray]

I can't BELIEVE they shorted you a bit (31-bit) from 32 bit.

:)

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"jdawgomedia" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I switched my monitor to True Color 31 bit (didn't have 24 bit), and that

worked. Everything turns out smooth. My only concern is that I'm not sure
how many people out there, see the "bands" because their monitor are on High
Color 16 bit settings. *ponder*

>
> Thanks for the help. Love these forums.....
>
>

[Bill Ray]

Input for the betterment of your output.

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"jdawgomedia" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for all your input!
>
>

[jdawgomedia webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I can't BELIEVE they shorted you a bit (31-bit) from 32 bit.

:)

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What you read was 31, but what my twin meant was 32 ;)