Dither engine guide

Three looks

Each picture below was made in Dither engine from the sample it opens with. The table under each one is the whole recipe; everything not listed stays as the page opens.

Bayer in mint circles

Mint green dots in a round glow, with regular crosshatch patches in the middle and an empty box below — Bayer with big round mint dots, on a coarse grid.

With Invert off, the dots mark the bright parts. The Bayer matrix repeats every 8 cells, so the greys become regular crosshatch patches instead of grain. A coarse grid and big dots make the pattern easy to see.

Setting	Value
Algorithm	Bayer
Invert	Off
Scale	0.25
Dot size	5
Dot shape	Circle
Dot color	Mint

Raise Scale and lower Dot size together and the crosshatch turns to fine texture.

Atkinson, printed

Dark diamond dots on white, printed solid at the sample's dark edges and fading to clean white in its bright middle, with rounded corners — Atkinson with dark diamond dots on a white background.

With Invert on, as the page opens, the dots mark the dark parts, so dark dots on white read like ink on paper. The black edges of the sample print solid, and Corner radius rounds the corners.

Atkinson passes on only part of the error, so the bright middle drops out to clean white.

Setting	Value
Algorithm	Atkinson
Dot size	3
Dot shape	Diamond
Background	White
Dot color	Custom
Custom color	#1a1a1c

Pick Sampled from image under Dot color on a photo of your own for coloured ink; the diamonds stay.

Blue noise in sand

Sand coloured grain on black: a solid disc with a grainy triangle on it, loose dots around them, and an empty box below — Blue noise in a custom sand colour, with more contrast and no blur.

Blue noise scatters the dots with no grid to see. More contrast and no blur keep the white disc solid and sharp, while the light grey triangle and the soft glow around them break into grain.

Setting	Value
Algorithm	Blue noise
Invert	Off
Scale	0.45
Dot size	3
Dot color	Custom
Custom color	#f4d19b
Contrast	40
Blur	0

Press Advanced under View, set Interact mode to Swirl, then move over the dots.