[Luke Pearson]

sorry! forgot to mention the images i posted are midway through the fade up. thats why they’re dark. Thats the only place the banding is occurring so thats why I posted those.

[Luke Pearson]

they kind of look the same after exporting and uploading jpegs but in the timeline they look night and day different. One is smooth and the other has noticeable banding in the sky

[Luke Pearson]

here is a before/after render picture:

[Luke Pearson]

thanks for the help. There is already noise added to the clip which isn’t helping. Is there anything else I can do to stop the bitrate reduction?

[Luke Pearson]

thanks for the quick reply. by “rendering” I mean in the timeline for smoother playback. as in, changing the render bar from yellow to green. When the render bar is yellow there is no banding and the dissolve is smooth and clean. as soon as I render it or export it, the banding is present.

I’ve exported to different codecs with no luck too. I’ve tried the grain too with no luck.