Help with exporting gradient background as jpg

Hi there! I'm totally new to this forum & very new to
fireworks, so go easy on me!
I am designing for QVGA smartphone/PPc screens & find
that when I create a gradient in fireworks MX (version 6) &
then export it as a jpg, on the phone/PPC screen the gradient is
filled with big blocks of colour rather than smooth transitions
between them, making the overall effect more like lines or blacks
of colour than a smooth gradient. I am exporting the jpgs at the
highest quality settings (100%).
Can someone help? Is it just my lack of technique when
blending colours? If so is there a tutorial somewhere? Or can I
export in a different format? The screens I design are controlled
by an xml layout file, & will accept .jpg, .gif & .bmp
Thanks!

Yes, as I mentioned earlier in this thread, the bit depth
could be the
issue. Try setting your monitor to 16 bit and experiment with
gradients
at that bit depth. Keep the color range and the tonal range
less extreme
(light blue to dark blue for example, rather than white to
dark blue)
similar an you might be able to get something a little more
pleasing.
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wrote:
> Thanks again for the replies y'all!
>
> As far as I can gather from web sources, the PPI of my
smartphone QVGA screen
> is 96ppi. Setting the canvas PPI does not seem to affect
the quality of either
> jpg, gif or bmp formats on export, once they are on my
phone screen. It would
> appear form web sources that the phone screen displays
16 bit colour depth.
>
> I have tried to make the gradient as smooth as possible
& on my laptop screen
> it looks really good. Any more suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>

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