Butterflies - This image only has 16 colors (thelemmy.club)

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This is a 16 color palette reduced image using my own custom palette generator algorithm. The palette it detected and in use is in the top right.

Based on this post right here...

https://discuss.online/post/36509543

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[-] jim_v@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The magic of adding random noise to black and white images.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

He's doing ordered dithering plus random generated noise there. That's a bit different than error diffusion dithering, the noise comes from the image itself via a feedback loop.

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