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From: tuxic@××××××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT?]: In search of a program to do different b/w dithering methods
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2018 03:22:24
Message-Id: 20180102032200.ivytwzfhby374knc@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT?]: In search of a program to do different b/w dithering methods by Frank Steinmetzger
1 On 01/01 10:34, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
2 > On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 09:24:46PM +0100, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
3 > > Hi,
4 > > […]
5 > > For displaying (the illusion of) different shades of gray, one need
6 > > to convert the colored image into a so called "dithered" black and
7 > > white image (newspapers often use this trick).
8 > > Since -- in difference to the newspapers -- the pixels all have the
9 > > same size and can only be switched on or off only a few dithering
10 > > methods can be applied from which I want to choose the best suited
11 > > for a certain image.
12 > >
13 > > The only problem: Which software can do this kind of conversion?
14 >
15 > The obvious answer Gimp has three methods. Open your photo, select Image →
16 > Mode → Indexed. Select 1 bit colour depth and choose between the dithering
17 > methods at the bottom of the dialog.
18 >
19 > --
20 > Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’
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22 >
23 > The bad thing about Wikipedia jokes is
24 > - Deleted due to lack of relevance. -
25 >
26
27 Hi Frank,
28
29 thanks for your help! :)
30 Yes, Gimp would be one possibility...but I forgot to mention, that
31 I am looking for a command line tool...
32 I want to do 'mass dithering' and want neither a gui nor a
33 heavy program like The Gimp.
34
35 I checked pbmplus and found no useful part for that porpuse...
36
37 Cheers
38 Meino

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT?]: In search of a program to do different b/w dithering methods Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>