Banding - how to get rid of...

[jonasa]

How do I get rid of the banding in the image below??? It is specially visible in the darker areas of the image - I have tried numerous settings for antialiasing, lights and QMC.

Image below is a region from a 3500px rendering (note theres a gap between ceiling and wall). I am using a simple setup with Vray lights in window openings (glass hidden)

Vray 1.46.10 and Max6.



Current settings:
AA: Adaptive subdiv 0/2 (also tried Adaptive QMC for AA)
GI: 1st - Irrmap / 2nd Lightmap
IRRmap: Medium / Hsph=50/Interp.=40 (tried higher as well)
Lightmap: Subdivs=2000 / pre-filter=20 / Sample size=0.005 / Interp.samples=20
QMC sampler: Adap.am=0.85 / Noise.thres=0.005 / Min Samples=16 / Global subdivs=16

[Da_elf]

ok. im lost. i dont see any banding. must be my monitor or something

[jonasa]

does this help?

and YES my monitor is in 32bit mode...



... hopefully the client cant see it either

[Da_elf]

i just looked at it on 5 different monitors and didnt see it. my monitors could be crappy though.

[jonasa]

Thanks Da Elf... just did the same here... found a couple of monitors - same make, model and contrast/brightness settings - where it didnt show up...

Crazy

Im going to leave it... unless others have tried something similar

[samuel_bubat]

I can´t see any bending !
It must be your monitor gamma/brightness !

[natty]

there isnt any banding as far as i can see .. zoomed right in and nothing.

[jonasa]

time to get a new monitor!

[maxer]

same here...no banding to see!!!

[Da_elf]

hehe. must suffer from an over active immagination hehe kidding glad to hear your not having problems with vray. nice lighting. sorry to hear about your monitor. hope it led a full and productive life. give it a good burrial (dont forget the flowers)

[Trapezium]

Even if you take it into Photoshop and adjust the levels there's no banding.

--Jon

[DanielBrew]

Well I can see really heavy banding, it looks dreadful. If I were your client I would be VERY upset, in fact, I would take it that you were trying to insult me personally.

Sorry, just looked again and there's no banding on my (CRT) monitor.

[Dynedain]

No banding - must be a monitor issue. Many LCDs dont have the same color depth as CRTs. Or it could just be a crappy video card.

[percydaman]

not only is there no banding, this must be one of the best image Ive ever seen... The simplicity... the depth... I can just keep staring at it and see new things all the time...

oh wait I just looked at it from another monitor... I dont like it anymore.. hehe j/k

[RErender]

I see the banding, on a couple year old Viewsonic P225f