On the contrary, applying a Gaussian blur will have no effect. The gradient is already as smooth as it will get.
Anthony, is it absolutely necessary that you have a white>transparency gradient layer over a background layer? I was able to eyedrop the center color and outer color and create a one-layer gradient that looks very smooth. I can't articulate why a one-layer gradient looks better than semi-transparent gradient over a background, but it certainly seems to be the case. http://mac9416.keryxproject.org/images/gimp-smooth-gradient.png http://mac9416.keryxproject.org/images/gimp-smooth-gradient.xcf.gz On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 8:54 AM, photocomix <for...@gimpusers.com> wrote: > You already get a lot of good advices > > I will add that just apply a simplicistic but very effective trick may do > marvels > > just some gaussian blur on your gradient may create all the smoothness you > may desire ...more the range, more smoothness > > (you can't save "as gradient" a blurred gradient but you may well apply > gaussian blur after applied the gradient) > >>Hello, >> >>I'm trying to create a smooth radial gradient in GIMP. I'm doing what I > guess >>is the obvious thing: use the Blend/Gradient tool, set the shape to Radial, > >>and draw it. This gives me a decent gradient, but it's not actually smooth. > >>And it's especially unsmooth when I set the gradient layer's opacity to > ~25%, >>which is where I want it to be for the effect I'm trying to achieve. >> >>Here are my files: >> >>http://nodivisions.com/stuff/ext_posts/gimp-unsmooth-gradient.jpg >> >>http://nodivisions.com/stuff/ext_posts/gimp-unsmooth-gradient.xcf.gz >> >>As you can see, there are obvious striations there, rather than a smooth > gradient. >> >>What am I doing wrong? I've tried it with and without dithering, adaptive >>supersampling, etc; none of that seems to improve it. >> >>I'm using GIMP 2.6.7 on Ubuntu, if that makes any difference. >> >>Thanks, >> >> > > -- > photocomix (via www.gimpusers.com) > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
