• Zaxwerks

  banding in gradients

  Posted by Lensflare1 on June 28, 2006 at 10:58 am

  Hi there.
  Can invig/proanimator create smooth (non banded) gradients.

  I have been flying objects in up close, and you can see the gradients…

  Is it an 8, 16 or float point renderer

  Cheers
  Lensflare

  Lensflare1 replied 20 years ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Jon Okerstrom

  June 28, 2006 at 12:57 pm

  Hi Lensflare,

  I haven’t run into the banding issue with either app, but I suppose it’s possible with certain gradients, if the rendering engine is 8 bit. Perhaps Matt will jump in with the tech spec for you.

  The cartoon color rendering option does create banding – a posterization effect – on purpose.

  Jon
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  Matt Rhodes

  June 28, 2006 at 3:35 pm

  Hi Lensflare.

  The current Invigorator/ProAnimator renderer outputs in 8-bit (even though everything internal is done in floating point).
  You may see banding in certain circumstances (when the color variation across a large portion of the screen is minimal),
  but most users won’t see any.

  Now that After Effects supports floating bit output, we’re looking into higher-bit output.

  Stay tuned. And let us know if you have any other questions.
  And, as always, feel free to download a demo of the product to see if it does what you want.

  Matt Rhodes
  Zaxwerks, Inc.
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  Lensflare1

  June 29, 2006 at 4:23 am

  Thanks for that. Float would be great.

  Cheers

  Lensflare

  “That Camel had it coming I tells ya….”

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