Banding and fragmentation of color gradients in Illustrator
In an old Illustrator CS6 vector, the gradients became banded and fragmented when I opened them in the newer Illustrator. I layered the gradients with the screen blending mode. I used to have no problems with this vector file, but the problem appeared in my new Illustrator (29.1). What the problem could be?
Tímea Boldizsárné Somogyi
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Many things can change, yes...
Again, it’d be hard to compare anything without the actual file on hands.
You can either share the part of it here in comments, or send privately to sharewithai@adobe.com, so the team can investigate.
In this case, put the link to this report in the text of the email, http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/49136090 -
There was banding, but not to this extent. It is disturbing even in a smaller view of the image, it is clearly visible even without magnification, in the past it was only visible when zoomed in. I upload graphics to Microstock sites, so I paid attention to this. I use the same operating system, the monitor was changed to the right, but based on the screenshot, the same thing is visible on other devices. Windows updates and video card updates, which are constantly coming out.
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Tímea, to me this 'flaky' look seems absolutely normal for an art layered with gradients with blending modes applied. Illustrator supports only 8bit to blend these, and some banding is inevitable. But you say CS6 was able to pull it off, and it’s strange... can you share a fragment of your file, large enough to make a comparison? Do you compare it using the same machine, the same display, the same OS, or you claim it just based on your memories of it being smoother?
