evilboy1034 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I hear all this talk about dithering, but don't know what it is... If someone could tell me what it is then show me a picture dithered and the same picture nondithered, that would be great. Or if there is a post and I just didn't search as hard as I thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
born2die Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?p=2695779#2695779 read this dithering is a style of shading texture ...... something liek that its like one color is 0 and the other 1 u don't do like 111111000000 111111000000 111111000000 111111000000 but like 1110110101001000 1111001010100100 1110110101001000 1111001010100100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Think of dithering as just a pattern. for example, one of the basic forms of dithering: 10101010 01010101 10101010 01010101 I'll post an example of dithering when I get on my PC (waiting for next class to start atm, first one got out 30mins early). The point of dithering is to make the change seem more gradual between two colors, and to "fake" the eye into seeing more than one color. For example, a dithered white+black together make's the eye think it is seeing grey (to an extent). The reason many people dither is because it takes less colors to get a good looking change for realistic shading. A lot of others use it too because it adds a nice look to the image (or at least, I think so.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadburys_egg Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Something similiar to this: (The dithered is on the left, the block shading is on the right) Ehh, it's an adapted version of something on the interwebz. Only 2 colours used, you can see it looks like more on the right as it gets smaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Ok i'm on my PC now. Here is an example of dithering: 1600x Size: This shows a few different kind of "dithering" you can do, all depending on how light/dark you want it to get. As you see in the smaller picture it doesn't look like it is just two colors. Check out http://www.spriteart.com/main.html to learn more about dithering and sprite art in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megadedhed Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 just a note, some times it is NOT good to dither, as it can flaten out the piece instead of blending it, other times it looks bad if you dont dither Sigs made by Runemetsa, Nuzza, Dark_Shadow, Kuroi and Me.liquid blobs attacking eachother American Anime... YAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made0f12une Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 just a note, some times it is NOT good to dither, as it can flaten out the piece instead of blending it, other times it looks bad if you dont dither Such as on trees and textured elments. Things you probably shouldnt dither are people ^^ClicK^^"I backed my car into a cop car the other dayWell he just drove off sometimes life's ok...Alright already we'll all float onAlright don't worry we'll all float on" - Isaac BrockDays Hunting:4 - Kingly Imps Caught:2Money Earned: 4.5-5m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 just a note, some times it is NOT good to dither, as it can flaten out the piece instead of blending it, other times it looks bad if you dont dither Yeah i'm not a pixeler (just did that dithering deal when I was bored) so I'm not sure on everything about it. My suggestion is to just try different techniques of shading. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovelydude Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 There are more varied dithering techniques.. Examples shall follow. Zoomed. Actual size. As you can see, dithering can be more diverse to help blend the colours, create textures, and look hawt :P Dithering is not usually necessary with two similar colours, unless you wish to create a certain texture, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 There are more varied dithering techniques.. Examples shall follow. Zoomed. Actual size. As you can see, dithering can be more diverse to help blend the colours, create textures, and look hawt :P Dithering is not usually necessary with two similar colours, unless you wish to create a certain texture, of course. ooh, nice. Mine was just from a tutorial on spriteart.com, lol. Guess you could say it's the basic forms of dithering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smapla Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 gar? z00m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovelydude Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Smapla, that's all well and good, and it is quite smooth, but most pixel-artists tend not to use such similar colours whilst shading :P Btw, mine was just 2 minutes in MsPaint ;O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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