VJ-1604 PhotoPrint SE 6.1v2

[Raxxis]

Hi guys!

Whenever I am printing a gradient, it looks horrible. Any ideas?

 

[randya]

What is horrible about it?

You can choose fine (super fine) for gradients.

If it is color then probably profile or color management.

 

[Raxxis]

The steps from one colour to the the next usually don't come out smooth, it shows steps. In short there are visible lines between the levels of the gradient.

 

[John Butto]

photoshop

These are the best methods to non-destructively apply the necessary noise to a gradient.

1 - apply a pattern overlay layer style. First you generate a noise pattern (6 or 4% monochromatic noise applied to a neutral 128,128,128 grey ) and blur this noise by a tiny amount 1 or 2 pixels. Then make a seemless pattern from this about 200 pixels square. Then go to the pattern overlay layer style. Blend the pattern using Overlay or Soft Light at 70% opacity.

2 - make a new layer. Fill with the pattern generated above or just fill the layer with gray and noise/blur it. Blend 70% using Soft Light or Overlay

 

[Raxxis]

Thanks. But what will I do if I have 20-30 different files to print? It would take lots of extra hours

 

[randya]

The steps from one colour to the the next usually don't come out smooth, it shows steps. In short there are visible lines between the levels of the gradient.

Rasterize your gradients and save out to a tiff file from your favorate graphics program (I.e. Photoshop)

 

[chrisphilipps]

This is a known problem in Flexi and Photo Print if you print with FMXPress Diffusion. Go to RIP and Print, click on the Advanced tab, if you have the latest version it will be an icon with three ink drops on it, and change the Dither Type to Error Diffusion or Error Diffusion 2. For best results use a profile that was created with Error Diffusion, Error Diffusion 2 or SO Diffusion.


Chris Philipps