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I began my graphics design career earlier this year and I've been watching all of your videos so far, from uploads far back as 2018 to recent ones you upload every week and I must say I'm improving very good Man. Thanks so much, I really appreciate. Love from Nigeria ✌️❤️
This is a cheat code. Thank you for the tips! I generally can get decent gradients but today I heard a guy printing my stuff was having some really bad banding issues which turned out to be his aftermarket take up reel pulling the vinyl too aggressively… but I still went to RU-vid for some more guidance on gradients since maybe I’ve been getting lucky… noise is a great tip, but also making the gradient with the blend tool. Brilliant stuff. Thanks again!
The banding in the gradients has more to do with the way Illustrator displays the gradients in the software. When you go to print, you will never see the band except in extreme cases of VERY limited color, and depending on the print technology. For the screen, you should be using RGB anyway, and make sure your picker palette is always in consistent modes from one color to another in a gradient.
If you're using CMYK or spot colours (or a mix of both), gradients can look noticeably worse as it's much harder to blend inks smoothly. They can look grey in the middle because of the inks ramping down from one side to the other. Use RGB swatches for better gradients, but if you have to use CMYK adding extra steps and noise as shown in this video helps. If you're using spots you may want to look into mixed ink swatches for the inside steps.
I've never used Inkscape. Not saying it's a bad software because I've heard good reviews, just I've never personally used it. So, I cannot comment on that one
Like I said in the video, try this. 1. Add extra nodes/steps in the gradient. 2. Add noise/grain 3. Use radial gradient 4. Use free form gradient 5. Use photoshop