Andrew A. Gill wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Gregory Pittman wrote: > >> Don't give up on the gradient suggestion too soon. You could make a >> gradient strip as suggested, then superimpose a series of opaque white >> rectangles, with appropriate space in between to show the colors. >> Multiple Duplicate will allow you to make one white rectangle then >> repeat it as many times as you want. >> >> I made a small demo entry on the wiki: >> >> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Gradient_Strip >> > > Thanks, this is aesthetically very close to what I'm looking for, > but I'm specifically trying to avoid the gradient function. > > In FM screening (which I'm pretty sure they use), gradients, and > especially two-color gradients look terrible and grainy. > Not sure who the "they" is you're talking about. Would suggest you make a gradient, export to PDF, then look at it in Adobe Reader at 6400% magnification. If you can see graininess there, you may want to check in with an ophthalmologist.
Now, if you're going to send a PDF through a bad printing process, that's no reason to search for perfection from Scribus, since it won't matter anyway. Speaking as a neurologist, I think perhaps you overestimate the abilities of the brain's visual processing. As far as I can tell, you've taken your original problem and turned it into a pursuit of perfection that is unachievable and almost certainly unnecessary. Greg
