RonCla Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Hi, in Designer I used the layer effects '3D' and 'Bevel'. The gradients generated by those effects appear to be jaggered - see screenshots below. How can I get a smooth gradient within the beveled parts? I need to use a CMYK color profile and tried even several color formats like sRGB 16bit but with no success to get rid of the jaggered gradients. Thanks for any help Regard - Ron SrPx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Hello RonCla, Try to adjust with "Soften". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonCla Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 Hi reglico, thanks for your answer. I tried the Soften parameter but this does'nt clen the jaggered surface but softens the crisp and sharp edges that I am after. So - Soften is cleaning the surfaces only enough with higher numbers but then the sharp edges are gone :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 12, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 12, 2018 Hi RonCla, Welcome to the forums Could you possibly upload a copy of your .afdesign file so I can look into this for you? Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I did a test by duplicating the letter, the lower letter having "Soften" applied and the upper letter not. By playing with opacity and mixing I got this (screenshot). The result is far from perfect and you will certainly get a simpler solution with someone else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonCla Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 Yes. Where can I upload the file? Is there a private section for this purpose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 12, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 12, 2018 You can either upload it to your response here, or if you wish for the file to be private then you can upload it to the following link https://www.dropbox.com/request/Mkyj6yVEBqBOZJKi97ne Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonCla Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 Thanks! I uploaded the file to the dropbox link above! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonCla Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 9 minutes ago, reglico said: I did a test by duplicating the letter, the lower letter having "Soften" applied and the upper letter not. By playing with opacity and mixing I got this (screenshot). The result is far from perfect and you will certainly get a simpler solution with someone else! Thank you reglico! I tried your work around and it helps to a certain distinct. If Dan isn't coming up with a perfect solution then I will go with this. Thanks again - Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 12, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 12, 2018 This is happening because we don't apply dithering to layer fx, hence the banding is so visible, but it's logged with our developers as an improvement. In the meantime, if using the soften option for the 3D effect produces an unwanted result then reglico is certainly on to something here, as my method was a similar mix of duplicated layers and blend modes Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 @RonCla, thanks for the feedback, I think Dan will have a better solution for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Hello Dan, It's good to know that this will be studied by the developers, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonCla Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 Yes - I agree! This needs a closer look to get it perfect. Thanks to both of you for helping out. I will optimize this with masks and layers ... Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonCla Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Hi Dan, in addition to the issue above I realized that scaling of elements with layer effects applied, those effects are not scaled properly even if the checkbox 'scale with object' is activated. Does this work for you? Am I missing something here? Hope to get this issue fixed soon :-) Best - Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 16, 2018 Staff Share Posted October 16, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 8:08 AM, RonCla said: scaling of elements with layer effects applied, those effects are not scaled properly even if the checkbox 'scale with object' is activated. This is a known bug if the layer FX are applied to the group, rather than the individual objects. I've used your file and applied the effects to the 2 curves within the group and removed the effects from the group and it scales correctly EDIT: It also appears with your file that leaving the fx on the group, unchecking Scale with Object and rechecking it allows the fx to scale correctly without having to apply it manually to both curves, nevertheless I'll forward this file to our devs to investigate further! Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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