Banding upon exporting from raw to Elements as a jpeg

[HeatherPetersheim]

Hi there - Banding has been my nemesis for months. All of the Damien suggestions (noise layer, replacing with a gradient layer, and not editing in PS) have not helped me and I am thinking it might be a setting I have not set right. I raw process in LR, and I do not see any banding when I am finished up there, but when I export and the image opens in Elements, the banding is there. Before I even touch anything in Elements, it is there. This leads me to believe it has to do with the conversion of raw to jpeg. Any suggestions? Attatched is the image, and the banding I still have after trying everything. Thank you! 

[Christina Keddie]

Why are you exporting the image to bring it into PS from LR?  Does the banding exist right when you open the image in PS if you send it via the "edit in" function?

[HeatherPetersheim]

That is what I do, "edit in" function. I shouldn't have said export I guess. Yes, it exists immediately when I open the image in PS Elements, and it isn't there the instant I press Edit in, in LR. Also happens if I raw edit in ACR instead of LR. 

 

[Christina Keddie]

And it exists even if you're editing in 16bits?

[HeatherPetersheim]

Yes, here is one  right from LR where I raw edited it, and exactly as it is upon entering Elements, still banding, in 16 bit. 

Edited February 18, 2016 by HeatherPetersheim

[Damien Symonds]

49 minutes ago, HeatherPetersheim said:

This leads me to believe it has to do with the conversion of raw to jpeg.

 

39 minutes ago, HeatherPetersheim said:

That is what I do, "edit in" function. I shouldn't have said export I guess.

No, when you "edit in" it's not a jpeg.  So it can't be that.

Is the banding visible in the prints too?

[HeatherPetersheim]

This is after I added a gradient layer per your instructions and then a noise layer on top of that. I still see horizontal line banding    Even if I just edit in LR and save, I get banding.  Any other ideas? I love these backdrops best of all. Thanks!

[Samantha LaRue]

Is it visible on any of your prints?

[HeatherPetersheim]

Yes, that is the problem. And sometimes I don't even see in on the computer but I will have it on prints

 

[Damien Symonds]

I see from your sidebar that you have a laptop.  Are you editing on the laptop screen, or on another screen plugged into it?

[HeatherPetersheim]

Could it be a certain setting I have that isn't right? 

[Christina Keddie]

2 hours ago, HeatherPetersheim said:

Could it be a certain setting I have that isn't right? 

We don't know.

Are you editing on the laptop screen, or on another screen plugged into it?  

[HeatherPetersheim]

Laptop screen. 

[HeatherPetersheim]

Here is another I just did. I did a gradient layer, added noise at 20% and I see quite a bit of horizontal lines aka banding. I owe a drink (or more) to whoever can help me crack this

[Damien Symonds]

55 minutes ago, HeatherPetersheim said:

Laptop screen. 

Right.  So, do you have another screen you can plug into it?

I assure you there is no banding in these photos you're posting.  This is a screen problem.

[HeatherPetersheim]

Yes, I can see it on my other laptop, on my phone, and when I asked in a photographers group a few people said they could see it and others said they could not. My concern is because the last few times I got pro lab prints, the banding was there.  Thanks for trying to help me

[Damien Symonds]

No, a desktop screen you can plug into it.