# Gradient created in Synfig blinking in animations

**URL:** https://forums.synfig.org/t/gradient-created-in-synfig-blinking-in-animations/14708
**Category:** Synfig related help
**Created:** [January 6, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/gradient-created-in-synfig-blinking-in-animations/14708 "2024-01-06T00:39:00Z")
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### Author: ![Arthur](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@Arthur](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Arthur)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/gradient-created-in-synfig-blinking-in-animations/14708/1 "2024-01-06T00:39:00Z")

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I created my first cartoon using Synfig:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/okOmNGBQ_Eo/maxresdefault.jpg "Fazendo Amigos 🚀 Aventura pela Bola 🌟 #desenhoanimado #cartoon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okOmNGBQ_Eo)

I liked the program but it has some problems with the colors. They blink in some scenes.

Example in this video at 1:25 the sky, next to the grass, is flashing color.

 ![image](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/54f586cbd7658b5c30b67797f1cd4d1979a1df48.jpeg)

In the scene at 2:18 the gradient of the sky also flashes.

 ![image](https://forums.synfig.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0f171334a5b21d63b448e51cf8a0bd04b5d7325d.jpeg)

In other scenes I had to change the Synfig color gradient to a PNG image.

Please, has anyone had this error and knows how to solve it?

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### Author: ![BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/bobsynfig/32/175_2.png) [@BobSynfig](https://forums.synfig.org/u/BobSynfig)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/gradient-created-in-synfig-blinking-in-animations/14708/2 "2024-01-06T00:47:54Z")

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Hi and Welcome here 🙂  
Very good job!  
I see what you mean about the gradients, this is a lot obvious when the characters jump out of the water.

Which version did you use?  
Produced directly as a video or as a series of PNG ?

See also

> [@Transparent gradiant wont render right](https://forums.synfig.org/t/transparent-gradiant-wont-render-right/14169):
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> I have rendered a gif, and the shadow underneath the charachter diddnt render right. I couldnt upload the actual gif or a screenshot of both images because of the file limit, and I could only upload one file at a time. Does anyone know a fix to the possible transparency bug?

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### Author: ![ktim](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/7ab992/32.png) [@ktim](https://forums.synfig.org/u/ktim)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/gradient-created-in-synfig-blinking-in-animations/14708/3 "2024-01-06T04:06:47Z")

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This is very Nice. It makes me remember the inkscape animated short film [Here](https://youtu.be/GPYc4SsGVfg?si=japQP9U1rwrznPQH)

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### Author: ![Arthur](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@Arthur](https://forums.synfig.org/u/Arthur)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/gradient-created-in-synfig-blinking-in-animations/14708/4 "2024-01-08T11:49:22Z")

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Hi Bob, I’m using version 1.4.4. Only the characters are PNG and the sky in the scene that are running down the hill, all other objects are created in Synfig or Inkscape. In the scene where a character rolls down a hill I put a png image as the sky because the image blinked a lot. I noticed that whenever I create a gradient image in Synfig and there is a lot of movement on the screen, the image that has a gradient keeps blinking.

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### Author: ![rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@rodolforg](https://forums.synfig.org/u/rodolforg)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/gradient-created-in-synfig-blinking-in-animations/14708/5 "2024-08-24T11:57:35Z")

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@Arthur , could you try the [development version 1.5.3](https://forums.synfig.org/t/synfig-studio-development-snapshots/15337) to check the problem persists?