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dithering
📅 Updated:2022-06-10
🕒 Created:2015-10-23
🆔 ID:8964
Description
A digital halftoning method where pixels are arranged to give the impression of using a wider color palette than what is actually available. Pixel art (both static and animated) tend to rely on this for shading and colouring.
The most commonly-seen form is the 2*2 two-colour checkerboard, although more advanced patterning methods exist that use 4*4 or larger grids to express more shades with the same amount of colors.
2*2 dithering
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thumb #1342121
3*3 dithering (background)
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thumb #1550524
10*9 patterning
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thumb #429621
Related tags
- halftone -- related technique that uses circles of either varying size or varying spacing
- screentone -- related technique that uses circles (or other shapes) but with fixed size and spacing
- compression_artifacts
