Hi everyone- Okay, I've tried everything I can think of to get rid of the sectioned gradient in the sky. No matter how I render it in bryce, the picture still comes out with the colors of the sky not blending together. It renders like that in bryce, then I open it up in Photoshop and it looks good. When I save it (after some post work) it looks like this again. I can't figure out if this is a bryce problem, or Photoshop. I suspect bryce because it looks like this when it's done rendering. I have it set to render with anti-aliasing set on fine, and gama correction off. Is there any other setting in bryce that will make the image more clear? Thanks. Aharon

Can you send us an example of what you're talking about, because none of us can see it at all. The sky looks just fine in the picture above.

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Is it possible that my resolution settings are off? I usually keep the resolution at 16 Bit, and I set my resolution higher just now to test it, and the higer I set it (32 Bit) the more the gradieant becomes sectioned. Heck, if you're seeing it fine, then I'm not complaining. I just wish I knew you could see it fine. sorry to trouble you. Thanks anyway... Aharon

A lot of times, scanning at least, doing stuff at 32 bit will mess stuff up ... I don't see any gradient except when it was first loading ...

okay, looking at it closer, I can see just a bit of gradation surrounding the sun. But that could easily be remedied by using the blur tool in photoshop

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I thought so too, bonestructure, but the problem is that in photoshop it looks perfect!!! I render it in bryce - it has the gradient. I import it into Photoshop - It looks perfect (Technically speaking, not artisticly). I export it from photshop in every format Highest quality, and it comes out with a gradient. But if you can't see it, maybe its the settings on my computer. I also see the gradient problem on my work computer.

well, I'd say zoon in, and blur the area around the sun, whether you can see it or not. In the size photo you have here, it goes out about an ince from the edge of the sun. I'd say use the blur tool to blue all the area inside that and then export it to psp or whatever you have to see if that solves the problem

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Sorry, I don't have the slightest idea about your problem. I just wanted to say how much I like your image! Kathy

Thanks Kathy - You're too kind. Thanks Boney. I give it a shot.

I had the same problem with my Wing II banner. Color banding in Bryce, which didn't show up in any other graphics program, but did when I uploaded it! I think the problem is that I didn't save it as a high-enough quality JPEG, because when I saved it again at highest possible quality, it looked a lot better. Try saving Crash Site at highest quality level, and see if it still is funky.

I've saved this in every format at the highest quality. Still no luck. Maybe the original render was no good. Whet are the best settings for clarity in bryce?