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Bob Rochon
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I have an image that I am working on in Photoshop. The image has a transparent background, and the customer wanted a blended background. So I created a new layer and did the blended background which is apple green to white, white being at the top. Everything looks fine in photoshop. I have saved it as a JPG, EPS, & PSD file. When I import it into Gerber Omega, everything looks fine, except, where the colors fade to white. A little into the white, I get a "hard" edge instead of a nice blend. On ALL the formats.

I thought it was just an Omega limitation, but I had someone else look at it in Flexi with the same result. Can anyone shed some light on that situation? How can I maintain the same fluid blend in photoshop when saving?

Thank you in advance for any help. [Thanks]

[ March 26, 2011, 03:06 PM: Message edited by: Bob Rochon ]

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Try adding a little noise to the gradient layer in Photoshop. Sometimes that will eliminate the banding problem.

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Bob, try printing a sample. I imported a logo last week into Omega which was basically a 12" square with a 2 color fade from top to bottom with some copy dropped out. It looked like bands on the monitor but when I printed a sample one on the Edge it was a perfect fade with no banding.

[ March 26, 2011, 10:37 PM: Message edited by: Louie Pascuzzi ]

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If any of that fails, try using Filter>blur>gaussian blur, and fuzz the gradient/blended layer a whisker.

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Bob....

1) Did you flatten your Photoshop file before exporting?

2) What is your display resolution set on in Composer's Image Fill -- 1, 4, 8 or 24 bits per pixel?

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Also check your Black / White filter in the color management dialog for your monitor. In this case you want it off (White for the monitor).

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Glenn 24 Bits and no I didn't flatten the image.

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The only thing I can think of is to flatten the image and export it as a JPG. I've tried recreating the problem but I have had no luck.

If you'd like, send me the PSD file and I'll test it for you with my setup (CS5 & Composer 2.61).

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Glenn.

Tony might be on to something with the Black/White Filter.

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Bob Rochon
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Let us know how it works out.

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It appears to still be there in print but in Omega it looks fine.

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