meris Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 If I want to blend a few gradients together, I would think of this: plus With the masks supposedly cancelling each other it should be a blend of 1 into 2. But it doesn't seem to do that in real life. You get bands forming in the middle part. How would I make an uneven gradient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Are there supposed to be images? I can't see any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meris Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 argh I pasted in and it looked fine but it doesn't save.... I mean I'd make layers like this, with a gradient in the mask going opposite directions, or even circular gradients in the mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 I need more context. What are you trying to create, exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meris Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) I' m creating a blank wall which has different lights faling on it. It may have 1 gradient going up and down, but also light falloff going from L-R. And faint hotspots that may be from downlights. It only needs to be monochrome. Or sometimes I'm trying to blend a fake wall with a real like your extending bg tutorial. Edited July 3, 2017 by meris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Definitely DON'T use gradients on the masks. The masks must remain all white. Use as many gradient layers as you need. Maybe you'll wish to put them on a blend mode, such as "Multiply" or "Screen", but in some cases "Normal" mode will be fine. Make sure you make good use of transparency in the gradients. I want to help you more, I really do, but I need to see what you have in mind. DO NOT USE MASKS. I can't stress this enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 I trust you've read this, and watched the video? https://www.damiensymonds.net/preventing-banding-in-backdrops/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meris Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 Oh yes, that's my go-to now for replacing bg. When should we use masks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 When you're masking the end result around a subject. But you're not doing that in this case, right? You're just creating a whole fake wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meris Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 Yes full wall in this case. I've masked out the subject on another layer. Putting a wall underneath, and a noise layer. But in some cases I have no transparency in the gradients . If I'm copying colors around the L & R of a subject, which are different because of the light positions, both bgs are a vertical gradient in that case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 For.the.love.of.God.can.you.show.me.what.you're.working.on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meris Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 It's just any gradient. Even this horizontal with transparency makes some radial bands on the BR https://www.dropbox.com/s/x64h4hkp5ibgfjc/test.rar?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 I can't open rar files. Please just upload it normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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