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November 24, 2016
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Why Soft Brush Looks Ugly Banding?

  • November 24, 2016
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hi does anyone knows why my soft brush look very ugly?

is there any setting could i adjust?

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    Correct answer D Fosse

    As long as you're working in 16 bit color depth, any banding you see is in your display system - not in the file.

    The two most common causes are 8-bit color corrections in the video card (calibration tables) - and/or the panel itself. A bad monitor profile or video driver is a little less likely, but still possible.

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    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    November 24, 2016

    As long as you're working in 16 bit color depth, any banding you see is in your display system - not in the file.

    The two most common causes are 8-bit color corrections in the video card (calibration tables) - and/or the panel itself. A bad monitor profile or video driver is a little less likely, but still possible.

    Trevor.Dennis
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    Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
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    December 4, 2016

    That looks particularly bad Dag.  What I always wonder about in threads like this, is if we are looking at a screen grab, we are looking at it via our monitors and not the OP's.  

    When I paint, I never find that a soft brush gives me nice enough gradient, and nearly always apply Gaussian blur.  Bert Monroy used a workflow that hadn't previously occurred to me when blending skin tones etc.  Select just that edge you want to blur.  Feather the mask and apply the blur.  It's also useful when you don't want the entire outline blurred by the same amount.  It's one of those obvious when you think about things, and I am sure other people have always done it.

    The other time when a gradient becomes 8 bit even in a 16 bit image, is in a layer mask or Alpha Channel.  I know you knew that Dag, but new users probably wouldn't.

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