How do you make the blend more smoothly between gradient mixed and solid colors?
In this example, I assigned gray (4) to the square and then color painted black (3) at the bottom, and gradient in the middle as shown below
This is how it came out
Not possible. The way the colour blending is achieved, there is a minimum and maximum mix ratio, after which it jumps to 0% or 100%. There will always be a step.
You can make the step less obvious by using translucent filament, or use different filaments for the ends which are the same colour as the extremes of the blends.
The current gradient uses different layer height Getting Started with Full Spectrum Slicing
Using this dithering method from Reddit reddit.com/r/snapmaker/comments/1ryfnfn/perfect_gradients_with_the_snapmaker_orca_full/ I was able to get a result that is closer to what I intended
The dithering example above has 199 layers @ 0.2 layer height. I have the middle 150 layers in dithering gradient, the remaining 49 layers divided into top and bottom portion for the two solid colors, which is 24 and 25 layers.
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Generate the gradient using Gradient Generator for Full Spectrum Slicing and copy slicer pattern output
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Use ChatGPT to add 24 solid color layers to the beginning of copied sequence and do the same to the end of sequence with 25 solid color layers.
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Paste the final slicer pattern output in the Cycle tab of a color mixing and assign it to the object
The result is not perfect but it is much smoother transitions between solid and gradient. It would be great SnOrca can add this dithering method so we don’t need to use ChatGTP or some type of gradient and dithering hybrid.
That is an interesting result, but is outside the aims of Full Spectrum. The intention of Full Spectrum is to keep the dithering fine enough not to appear as stripes within the resolution of the eye at arm’s length.
I think your (non Full Spectrum) result would look better if the stripes were evenly spaced, so that (for example) there started with 1 layer of the light followed by 12 layers of dark then 2 layers of light and 11 layers of dark (and so on) until you get to 12 light and 1 dark. That comes to 156 layers for the transition.
That’s great but I think that method can’t have a smooth transition from two ends of gradient to their solid color. Some type of dithering would be complementary to the current gradient method. Even better if mincing the true dithering with various dash lines, wear and tear on the machine would increase though. Just throwing idea out there.
That’s exactly what I was saying.
Sure, but what I’m saying is you are going outside the intention of Full Spectrum and into another realm. The repeat patterns in Full Spectrum are intended to blend.