Gradient steps

[Bohner]

Hi,

I've been using PS for sometime now and most of the time it didn't bother me, but now Im working on a project where I use gradients with two or more very similiar colors, so when in PS I see 'steps' and color distortions that are hard to work with. They go away when I save the file into .png .jpeg etc. but thats not a good way to see your results.
So is there a way to fix this? I tryed working with a 16bit file but that doesn't help. Also I have a CRT monitor, so this isn't the problem.

Thx.

[mlk]

It's called banding and most of the time it has to do with the user and not the software.

I recommend skimming through the cgtalk forums (PS section) to find a good answer:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/search.php?searchid=4188812

[B L U E]

Your's go away when exporting into a png/jpg? Mine don't. :( Sometimes adding small amounts of noise can help, and I've also heard color mode affects how much it bands.

[Anogar]

They should just be a display error, and go away if you export at a high enough quality. Usually.