Gradient fills created in FreeHand appear banded on screen
Gradient fills created in FreeHand appear banded on screen
Issue
An object containing a gradient fill has distinct bands of color on screen instead of a smooth transition from one color to another.
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Banded
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Smooth |
Reason
Various monitor settings including color bit depth and screen resolution, FreeHand preference settings, and the preview mode in FreeHand 8 will effect the screen display of gradient fills.
Solution
To have gradient fills appear smooth on screen do one or more of the following:
Monitor Resolution On Multiple Resolution Monitors increase the Screen Resolution of the Monitor. |
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Monitor settings (Windows) |
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Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display. |
2 | Select the Settings Tab. |
Increase the Color Palette to a Higher setting. | |
Increase the screen resolution in the Desktop area. | |
Monitor settings (Macintosh) | |
1 | Choose Apple Menu > Control Panel > Monitors. |
2 | Select Millions of Colors. |
FreeHand 8 Preferences and FreeHand 7 | |
1 | Choose File > Preferences > General and turn on Smoother editing. |
FreeHand 8 (Windows) | |
FreeHand 8 (Macintosh) | |
FreeHand 5 Preferences | |
1 | Choose File > Preferences > Redraw and turn on Better (but slower) display. |
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FreeHand 5 (Windows) | |
FreeHand 5/5.5 (Macintosh) |
FreeHand 8 View mode | |
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Set the View mode pop-up at the bottom of the FreeHand Window to Preview. |
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Note: The Fast Preview mode will show the gradients at a lower resolution. | |
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