PeggyChung
September 26th, 2005, 02:58 PM
how do i get my images to not be choppy when uploaded? the backgrounmd is supposed to be smooth. i loaded it onto photbucket, may that be the reason? thx
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ladylioness/Cyclo4jpeg.jpg
Pixeldragoon
September 26th, 2005, 06:51 PM
All I can think of is to make sure your JPEG quality is set high. good luck.
Books
September 27th, 2005, 03:30 AM
Here's the same gradient saved in various JPG levels. From 0-12 in units of 2. So ... 0,2,4,6
http://www.3dninja.com/images/conceptart/gradients/00.jpg http://www.3dninja.com/images/conceptart/gradients/02.jpg http://www.3dninja.com/images/conceptart/gradients/04.jpg http://www.3dninja.com/images/conceptart/gradients/06.jpg
... 8, 10, 12. Baseline ("Standard")
http://www.3dninja.com/images/conceptart/gradients/08.jpg http://www.3dninja.com/images/conceptart/gradients/10.jpg http://www.3dninja.com/images/conceptart/gradients/12.jpg
Yeah, I got bored...
Also, no matter what your compression, if your Screen Settings are 16 instead of 32 bit, you'll get horrible banding no matter what you do. Who the heck uses 16-bit and digitally paints though.
PeggyChung
September 27th, 2005, 03:52 AM
Thanks guys, that made a big difference. Yeah my screen was at 16 bit LOL but hey im not much of a computer wiz, live and learn :P bahh i need to get a new desktop someday...