HyperDither

Name: HyperDither
Price: 2.99 USD
Rating: 0 (0 reviews)
Author: Tinrocket, LLC

Velvety pixel effects

Only for Mac

$2.99

Ages

4+
Years
Category

Graphics & Design
Developer

Tinrocket, LLC
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EN
English
Size

8
MB

Mac

HyperDither uses an elegant color reduction (dithering) routine to turn color or grayscale images into black and white or grayscales. The visual effect produced by this technique creates rich, velvety tones, and is higher-quality than the “Diffusion Dither” method offered by Photoshop. HISTORY: In the early 1980s, while developing the graphics technology for the first Macintosh, Bill Atkinson (HyperCard, QuickDraw, MacPaint) discovered a very elegant filter to convert greyscale image data for display on the Mac's 1-bit black-and-white screen. Later, this graphics routine was implemented as an option in Apple’s HyperScan software, connecting early Macs to flatbed scanners, and nowhere else. HyperScan and the excellent Atkinson dithering routine were subsequently unavailable for many years—but not forgotten! SUPPORTS: • macOS 10.14 (Mojave) or later • Dark mode support From Tinrocket, award-winning creator of apps to inspire creativity: Waterlogue, This by Tinrocket, and Olli by Tinrocket.

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Perfect
08/22/2017

Chocolate and Tea
As someone who has had a Mac at home since the original 128k in 1984 and also used ThunderScan (which was where Bill’s algorithm was first used), i love this simple, well-designed app. For those not familiar with its output, the screen shot here on the app store is not the best example. Tinrocket’s website has a direct comparison between this and Photoshop’s diffusion dither.This app is useful for modern graphic artists either by combining its output with other layers in Photoshop (or other bitmap graphics programs that support layers) or preparing an image for print using this instead of a normal PostScript halftone. Be sure to play with the sharpen and contrast options (those were available in 1980s implementations, too) to chose the best dithering of a particular image.I only wish the developers would put a change log on either here or their website like used to be included in the “Read Me” file that was distributed with the program before it moved to the app store.
Perfect
08/22/2017

Chocolate and Tea

As someone who has had a Mac at home since the original 128k in 1984 and also used ThunderScan (which was where Bill’s algorithm was first used), i love this simple, well-designed app. For those not familiar with its output, the screen shot here on the app store is not the best example. Tinrocket’s website has a direct comparison between this and Photoshop’s diffusion dither.This app is useful for modern graphic artists either by combining its output with other layers in Photoshop (or other bitmap graphics programs that support layers) or preparing an image for print using this instead of a normal PostScript halftone. Be sure to play with the sharpen and contrast options (those were available in 1980s implementations, too) to chose the best dithering of a particular image.I only wish the developers would put a change log on either here or their website like used to be included in the “Read Me” file that was distributed with the program before it moved to the app store.
Almost perfect
01/12/2023

sveinbjornp
... but I'd love a curves setting. So I can "massage" the outcome in real time.Otherwise, I love it. I use it a lot for a printed magazine in Iceland.
Almost perfect
01/12/2023

sveinbjornp

... but I'd love a curves setting. So I can "massage" the outcome in real time.Otherwise, I love it. I use it a lot for a printed magazine in Iceland.
Very basic
04/16/2019

Skeletromp
The app appears to be using a decent enough dithering algorithm and the batch processing would be useful. Unfortunately the sharpen and contrast options are strict toggles and give very little room to customize the output making this app useless for my purposes. It would've been so easy to make these a couple of sliders that would really allow you to dial in what features of the source image you're trying to capture. That at a baseline would've made this purchase worth it to me. I would be completely thrilled if it offered multiple dithering algorithms to choose from, maybe even where you could specify your own noise pattern.
Very basic
04/16/2019

Skeletromp

The app appears to be using a decent enough dithering algorithm and the batch processing would be useful. Unfortunately the sharpen and contrast options are strict toggles and give very little room to customize the output making this app useless for my purposes. It would've been so easy to make these a couple of sliders that would really allow you to dial in what features of the source image you're trying to capture. That at a baseline would've made this purchase worth it to me. I would be completely thrilled if it offered multiple dithering algorithms to choose from, maybe even where you could specify your own noise pattern.
Authentic Atkinson dithering
12/12/2020

Jivegeek
This is one of my favorite tools in my digital art toolbox, and I keep finding new uses for it.
Authentic Atkinson dithering
12/12/2020

Jivegeek

This is one of my favorite tools in my digital art toolbox, and I keep finding new uses for it.

• Apple Silicon support • UI fixes • Update support URL If you like HyperDither, please consider leaving an App Store review or rating—we’d really appreciate it! Every review counts and helps indie developers like ourselves. :) We’re here to help you, too: If you have a question or need assistance, you can always email us at support@tinrocket.com Thanks again!

Version 2.0.3

04/13/2023

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Almost perfect

Very basic

Authentic Atkinson dithering

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