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1. Allow to add dithering to gradients to reduce banding / improve quality

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   14 comments  ·  Illustrator (Desktop) Feature Requests » Gradients  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
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   Completed (Comments Open)  ·  AdminEgor Chistyakov (Admin, Adobe Illustrator) responded

   Dithered gradients are now available in the latest 30.0 general build.

   Toggle the option in the Gradient or Control panels.

   Read more about it in this help article.

   As stated there, important notes are:

   • Dithered gradients follow the resolution set in Document Raster Effect Settings. In fact, this dithering is a raster-based effect, same as Gaussian Blur. It should stay live as long as you keep Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities option enabled (be mindful of this when you save your work in a PDF).
   • Dither at the moment works only with gradient fills, not strokes
   • Gradients added to CC Libraries don’t support Dither — PDF format know nothing about dithered gradients as a concept, it’s something only Ai does

   Note also, that some clipboard managers or extension would interfere in copy/pasting these, similar to how it happens with perceptual gradients, as reported here.

   Please test it and comment back — this will help to improve this further.

   Dithered gradients are now available in the latest 30.0 general build.

   Toggle the option in the Gradient or Control panels.

   Read more about it in this help article.

   As stated there, important notes are:

   • Dithered gradients follow the resolution set in Document Raster Effect Settings. In fact, this dithering is a raster-based effect, same as Gaussian Blur. It should stay live as long as you keep Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities option enabled (be mindful of this when you save your work in a PDF).
   • Dither at the moment works only with gradient fills, not strokes
   • Gradients added to CC Libraries don’t support Dither — PDF format know nothing about dithered gradients as a concept, it’s something only Ai does

   Note also, that some clipboard managers or extension would interfere in copy/pasting these, similar to how it happens with perceptual gradients, as reported here.

   Please test it and comment… more

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   Casey commented  ·  Feb 6, 2019  ·  Edit…  ·  Delete…

   YES! Exactly! I have noticed an increased gradient banding on the latest update. :( It has not been this noticeable before. On all color modes as well. Has some setting changed with the update, that I can reset or change?
   Please let us know when this is addressed.
   For our large format graphics company, this can cost us a lot of time. (having to correct the banded gradients in Photoshop before output)
   Illustrator is great! (let's keep it it that way)

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   Casey supported this idea  ·  Feb 6, 2019