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From: Stephen
Date: 13 Aug 2017 12:05:23
Message: <599078c3$1@news.povray.org>

On 8/13/2017 4:14 PM, Jörg "Yadgar" Bleimann wrote:
> Hi(gh)!
>
> On 12.08.2017 09:51, Stephen wrote:
>
>> As for Floyd-Steinberg dithering. Why, other than for artistic or
>> historical nostalgia is it used? To me it looks like a poor halftone
>> implementation. It hurts my eyes looking at them.
>
> Yes, Floyd-Steinberg is not the best choice for animations, 1-bit
> monochrome videos look like being played on a badly tuned ancient CRT
> b/w TV set... with YIP, I'll implement ordered dither in the future!
>

I wasn't criticising just curious that Floyd-Steinberg is still enabled. 
Testing with Paintshop Pro I prefer stucki dithering or depending on the 
outcome, the nearest colour. Just a matter of personal taste, I suppose.



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Regards
     Stephen

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