saving gradient areas

How can I save a nice gradient jpeg? I can't seem to get rid of the horizontal lines that seperate the colors.

just save it at hight quality. what's hard about that?

I am not sure what you mean by lines, but if you save it as a .gif and there are more than 256 colors needed for a smooth gradient you will see lots of lines. A .jpg shouldn't have any problem at all? Can you post a screen shot of the image?

Originally posted by kranekick
just save it at hight quality. what's hard about that?

And the "helpful and friendly - award goes to kranekick!!"

Harsh, but probably the case?
Try saving it as 9 - 12 quality and the lines should probably dissapear.

If you're using it for a website, look if you can tile it. Then you could save it as a ...say 10px wide / high strip and tile it instead of making a huge picture? I don't know the purpose of the gradient but if it's for a background of some sort, then that's a good way to do it.

i dont think the harshness is needed here.. it's the newb section.

maybe if it was in advanced photoshop help, but not here.

More than you'll probably ever need to know about what gradient banding is, what conditions cause it and how best to eliminate or hide it for different end uses,
http://www.ledet.com/margulis/ACT_postings/ColorCorrection/ACT-Banding-16-20bit-8-bit.htm
http://www.ledet.com/margulis/ACT_postings/ColorCorrection/ACT-16bit-histogram.htm
http://www.corecomm.us/support/tech_tips/coloruse/gradients.cfm

The only dumb question in any forum is the one not asked. I had the quality set at maximum for a jpeg and it still wouldn't work. I tried the same on a different computer and it worked fine. Must be something wrong with some computer settings. I will find out. Thanks for the help anyways.