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December 3, 2021
Question

Gradient Banding in Indesign Displaying Wrong and Lines Everywhere

  • December 3, 2021
  • 5 replies
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Hey all - I wondered is anyone is having the same issues but my gradients used to be super smooth and never had any issues now every time I create gradients I seem to have very disinctive banding and it often transfers over to jpegs too. Also does the same with the gradient feather tool too. 

This is becoming a majot problem for me now and holding up most of my projects.

What can I do - is there a fix for this glitch? TIA 

 

    5 replies

    Rishabh_Tiwari
    Community Manager
    Rishabh_TiwariCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    April 19, 2024

    Hi,

     

    Sorry to hear about the trouble. Have you tried updating the display drivers? If not, please try that and if that doesn't help, please try re-installing the graphics driver and let us know if that resolves the issue or if you need further assistance. 

     

    Thanks

    Rishabh

    John Mindiola III
    John Mindiola III
    Participating Frequently
    April 17, 2024

    This happened to me, too! I think I found a fix, or at least a workaround. I noticed the faint stripes when two things were present: a shape with less than 100% opacity, and the view mode was "regular" or default. 

     

    When I went to View > Overprint Preview, then the stripes went away, no matter if my graphic was 100% opacity or less.

     

    It's definitely a weird bug. It never used to happen until a few weeks ago. Maybe the most recent update is the issue...? I don't know.

    Willi Adelberger
    Willi Adelberger
    Community Expert
    April 17, 2024

    It is not a bug. It is caused by printing. That is why anyone should add noise to smooth colors or gradients as I have written in my answer 2 Years ago. 

      John Mindiola III
      John Mindiola III
      Participating Frequently
      April 17, 2024

      Banding of gradients is a printing thing. I know that. The issue the OP and I have is thin black lines — NOT banding — appearing in InDesign. 👍

      vickin42001666
      vickin42001666Author
      Participating Frequently
      March 30, 2022

      I am still having major issues with gradients - even feathered edges too - can anyone make any suggestions for settings on InDesign on a PC? TIA 

      Willi Adelberger
      Willi Adelberger
      Community Expert
      March 30, 2022

      As. Randy wrote, make it in Photoshop and add a small amount of noise to it. 

      R
      Randy Hagan
      Community Expert
      December 6, 2021

      In addition to Bill's suggestion, another option you may want to consider would be to create your gradient as an Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop graphic and placing it in your InDesign document. It's an extra step, but it does produce good results.

       

      Randy

      Bill Silbert
      Bill Silbert
      Community Expert
      December 4, 2021

      Try turning off GPU Performance in InDesign preferences.

      vickin42001666
      vickin42001666Author
      Participating Frequently
      December 6, 2021

      Thanks for that but I don't have that option in my preferences. 

       

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