Ximagic GrayDither is a Photoshop plugin to reduce color/grayscale images to n-level gray using dithering. As a particular case could produce B/W bitmap images (2-level grayscale).
Ximagic GrayDither is trying to include the most popular methods of dithering, in order to allow the user to choose which one to use.
Here are some key features of "Ximagic GrayDither":
· Automatic conversion RGB color to grayscale using Y in YCbCr color space
· 4 threshold dithering methods.
· 17 Ordered patterns (clustered-dot, dispersed-dot, etc)
· 5 Ordered calculated patterns.
· Random
· User defined
· 2 error dithering methods.
· 8 Array patterns (floyd-steinberg, ulichney, fan, jarvis, stucki, sierra).
· 1 Space filling curve (riemersma)
· Direct binary search (DBS) dithering.
The available Threshold dithering methods are:
· Dispersed-dot
· Threshold
· Checks
· Diffusion 2x2
· Diffusion 3x3
· Diffusion 4x4
· Diffusion 8x8
· Clustered-dot
· Halftone 45° 4x4
· Halftone 45° 6x6
· Halftone 45° 8x8
· Halftone 90° 4x4
· Halftone 90° 6x6
· Halftone 90° 8x8
· Halftone 90° 16x16
· Random
· User configurable
The available error dithering methods are:
· Error Diffusion
· Floyd-Steinberg
· Ulichney
· Fan
· Jarvis
· Stucki
· Sierra3
· Sierra2
· Sierra24A
· Space filling curves
· Riemersma
Requirements:
· 32/64 bit plugin host
· Photoshop
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Updated all the external libraries