topic Spiky artifacts in gradient border transparencies in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/spiky-artifacts-in-gradient-border-transparencies/m-p/37650#M445 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hey everyone!</P><P></P><P>I’m following <A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/217898">John Nelson</A>'s advice from <A href="https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/5-ways-to-make-your-overview-map-sizzling-hot/">this post</A> for giving my overview map some depth by using a gradient border <SPAN>stroke, where one end color is opaque and the other end color is transparent</SPAN>.</P><P></P><P>However, I’m getting these ugly spikes along the gradient (please see screenshot No.1 below). Apparently, the line segment gradient overlaps at concave vertices, creating the spiky artifacts. It is p<SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;">articularly obvious for thicker strokes and more complex features. I'm also getting these artifacts and also some gaps when I apply gradient border strokes to feature objects (<SPAN>please see screenshot No.2&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>below</SPAN><SPAN>).</SPAN></SPAN></P><P></P><P>I’ve already tried using different offset methods and distances, cap and join types, etc, but they don’t seem to have any effect.</P><P></P><P>Has this happened to anyone else?</P><P></P><P>Thanks a lot!</P><P></P><P><STRONG>Screenshot No.1</STRONG></P><P><IMG alt="" class="jive-emoji image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/487912_Gradient.PNG" /></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Screenshot No.1</STRONG></P><P><IMG class="image-2 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/487925_pastedImage_2.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:15:43 GMT JohannaPrüssmann 2020-04-08T17:15:43Z Spiky artifacts in gradient border transparencies https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/spiky-artifacts-in-gradient-border-transparencies/m-p/37650#M445 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hey everyone!</P><P></P><P>I’m following <A href="https://community.esri.com/migrated-users/217898">John Nelson</A>'s advice from <A href="https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/5-ways-to-make-your-overview-map-sizzling-hot/">this post</A> for giving my overview map some depth by using a gradient border <SPAN>stroke, where one end color is opaque and the other end color is transparent</SPAN>.</P><P></P><P>However, I’m getting these ugly spikes along the gradient (please see screenshot No.1 below). Apparently, the line segment gradient overlaps at concave vertices, creating the spiky artifacts. It is p<SPAN style="font-size: 11.0pt;">articularly obvious for thicker strokes and more complex features. I'm also getting these artifacts and also some gaps when I apply gradient border strokes to feature objects (<SPAN>please see screenshot No.2&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>below</SPAN><SPAN>).</SPAN></SPAN></P><P></P><P>I’ve already tried using different offset methods and distances, cap and join types, etc, but they don’t seem to have any effect.</P><P></P><P>Has this happened to anyone else?</P><P></P><P>Thanks a lot!</P><P></P><P><STRONG>Screenshot No.1</STRONG></P><P><IMG alt="" class="jive-emoji image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/487912_Gradient.PNG" /></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Screenshot No.1</STRONG></P><P><IMG class="image-2 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/487925_pastedImage_2.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:15:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/spiky-artifacts-in-gradient-border-transparencies/m-p/37650#M445 JohannaPrüssmann 2020-04-08T17:15:43Z