Image Dithering Techniques

The cluster centers on discussions of dithering algorithms and their application in image processing to simulate more colors and reduce banding in limited palettes, including references to Floyd-Steinberg, Atkinson, and ordered dithering.

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malkia Dec 7, 2012 View on HN

Some dithering would help there...

baybal2 Dec 12, 2020 View on HN

Note, they have dithering, and they likely went for the best one possible.

rangibaby Jan 30, 2014 View on HN

By using dithering. You can see it quite clearly on the guy's face if you zoom in.

jack1243star Feb 13, 2019 View on HN

Was expecting some dithering algorithms from the post title.

sidpatil May 31, 2020 View on HN

This sounds just like dithering.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dither

lallysingh Jul 16, 2009 View on HN

Dithering divides your effective resolution. If you show anything that requires resolution and good color, the artifacts are visible.

IvanK_net Dec 1, 2014 View on HN

I wonder, why don't they use dithering - http://www.ivank.net/blogspot/dithering/dithering.html

cyclotron3k Nov 12, 2022 View on HN

Some dithering would probably improve things too

sirn Sep 17, 2012 View on HN

But it looks horrible, there's a lot of dithering.

nigeltao Mar 14, 2025 View on HN

Might be relevant to your interests:https://nigeltao.github.io/blog/2022/gamma-aware-ordered-dit...