For years I used inkscape, I have lived with these gradient banding. I simply accepted it and thought it's just part of life and something I can't do about. But then I thought, why don't we use dithering just like what humans did during ancient civilization? When computer can't render than many colors. So I began searching about dithering, but then I found that Inkscape already had it,... supposedly.
"Huh?!", I thought to myself. Because over the years of changing operating system, laptops, computers. Never once I not notice these bandings. It never worked for me.
However I don't use any effects!! I only used simple gradient, no transparency.
I have also tried resetting configuration and restarting inkscape after that. Still not working. However I noticed my mouse wheel still behave like what I set it to, which is just like the good old inkscape and corel draw and not the new default. I wonder if the reset config function doesn't work. But anyway, the bandings always visible even on fresh OS and fresh Inkscape. I'm using portable version of inkscape, does that also affect anything?
Reading this bug report makes me think that the build might not have dithering. If you feel they are related, you can add your experiences to the report.
I'm using the .msi install of Inkscape and my results are similar to yours. I cannot see a significant difference between dithering on and dithering off.
Beginners' Questions Dithering doesn't work.
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For years I used inkscape, I have lived with these gradient banding. I simply accepted it and thought it's just part of life and something I can't do about. But then I thought, why don't we use dithering just like what humans did during ancient civilization? When computer can't render than many colors. So I began searching about dithering, but then I found that Inkscape already had it,... supposedly.
"Huh?!", I thought to myself. Because over the years of changing operating system, laptops, computers. Never once I not notice these bandings. It never worked for me.
Is there a way to make it work?
I came across this forum post: https://inkscape.org/forums/questions/dithering-in-132-not-working/
However I don't use any effects!! I only used simple gradient, no transparency.
I have also tried resetting configuration and restarting inkscape after that. Still not working. However I noticed my mouse wheel still behave like what I set it to, which is just like the good old inkscape and corel draw and not the new default. I wonder if the reset config function doesn't work. But anyway, the bandings always visible even on fresh OS and fresh Inkscape. I'm using portable version of inkscape, does that also affect anything?
Please click on the bug icon in the lower righthand corner of Inkscape's About screen, and paste the collected info into a reply.
It will look a bit like this, but with your system and version info:
Inkscape 1.3.2 (091e20e, 2023-11-25, custom)
GLib version: 2.78.1
GTK version: 3.24.39
glibmm version: 2.66.6
gtkmm version: 3.24.8
libxml2 version: 2.11.5
libxslt version: 1.1.38
Cairo version: 1.18.0
Pango version: 1.50.14
HarfBuzz version: 8.2.2
OS version: Windows 10 22H2
Reading this bug report makes me think that the build might not have dithering. If you feel they are related, you can add your experiences to the report.
Inkscape 1.4 (86a8ad7, 2024-10-11)
Compile (Run)
GLib version: 2.82.1
GTK version: 3.24.43 (3.24.43)
glibmm version: 2.66.7
gtkmm version: 3.24.9
libxml2 version: 2.12.9
libxslt version: 1.1.42
Cairo version: 1.18.2 (1.18.2)
Pango version: 1.54.0 (1.54.0)
HarfBuzz version: 10.0.1 (10.0.1)
OS version: Windows 10 22H2
It didn't look related with that one.
I'm using the .msi install of Inkscape and my results are similar to yours. I cannot see a significant difference between dithering on and dithering off.
Feel free to ask the Devs on the chat or file a report: https://inkscape.org/forums/beyond/how-to-report-bugs-or-request-new-features/