Julion Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I'm interested in recreating digital art from the time when the colour palettes were very limited. I'd like to be able to customize my own colour profiles (of like 16 or 256 colours), or at least use some of the common ones from the 80's and 90's era. I'd alo want to experiment with different dither types to use them as visible effects in the image. The Posterise effect didn't seem to implement the kind of dithering I'm looking for. Are these kind of techniques possible at all in AD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Posterize should give you a limited palette appearance. As for the "dither", I believe what you're looking for is Halftone screening. And I don't see those filters in AP/AD....... yet. Edit: It's on the current AP roadmap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabtrem Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I'm definitely no expert. And have limited experience in problems like this, and the Affinity apps. But for whatever its worth, here are my observations. In Affinity Photo, under the Filter menu you have Filters - Colour - Monochrome Dither, and Web Safe Dither options. The dither patterns are not the same as your example though. I am not sure if a combination of posterize, or threshold would offer different outputs when used in combination with the dither options. I have seen some other posted works where the creator did some very good dithering work, cartoon style. I believe they actually made vector patterns that they replicated and used. Another option I guess would be to make some pixel pattern fills based upon the patterns you show. Sounds like a very interesting problem. Keep us updated on your progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert123 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I found the "index painting" technique by Dan Fessler invaluable for dithered pixel art looks. It works in Photoshop, Photoline, and Krita. Perhaps someone could check if the same setup can be done in Photo? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU7_FVQpTSE http://danfessler.com/blog/hd-index-painting-in-photoshop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m_0DFcOPAI JackofDiamonds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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