CompuServe Messages

First of all, what output are you rendering to? If you are going to a flic file, that is an 8-bit standard, and very likely to induce banding, unless you have chosen your colors very carfully. If you are set to high pallette modes and are rendering to a targa, or tiff (for example), there should be no banding. Another thing is to consider what color depth you are running at. Are you looking at these images in 3DS, or in another program? type "3ds vibcfg" at the dos prompt and make sure your driver settings are set for something other that 8 bit mode for Render-display. If neither of these suggestions work, you need to upload more information about your system and your settings in order to diagnose what is wrong. good luck.