Black & White Dithering

[mrs68tm]

Hi,

 

Starting from the below video done by GraphicalFinity I made two dithering templates, vertical and horizontal.

Each template has the same structure:

 1. background image, named Replace me!. Put your image above this layer,  then delete it.

2.Channel Mixer Adjustment, make any tweaks needed for your image.

3. Dithering layer, hidden by default. If you want to apply any effect to it, make it visible. Apply any effect (see video), then make the Pattern dithering layer (see video). Before that, delete the initial Pattern dithering layer (4).

4.Pattern dithering layer, see video how to create it.

5. Treshold Adjustment, no tweaks needed.

 

dithering-H.aftemplate dithering-V.aftemplate

[Hannibal]

Thanks for sharing. Inspiring.

[pruus]

Thanks for this tutorial, also a glimp of possibilities with Affinity. Keep exploring!

[mrs68tm]

If needed, a Levels and/or a Curve adjustment can be added above Threshold.

 

[T V]

Thanks for the .aftemplate's!  Either format (-H, -V) works for any photo format due to the pattern layer's ability to adjust to any size.  My favorite adjustment is Channel Mixer Offset slider...as well as, scaling the pattern layer for different size pattern.  One template could have as many different pattern layers as you want, just turn them on and off...I can see a lot of new possibilities for using this output/format...   

[mrs68tm]

Thx. I tried almost all adjustments. Some of them are good for some pictures, others aren't so good. It depends by the picture, what that picture shows, what you want to get from that picture.

 

[T V]

I do not have an Ipad, but, I am assuming that .aftemplates have an easier time being used over macros for options like proceedural textures that can take alot of processing power.  Templates, however, seem to be more difficult for me to keep organized and remember how I used them.  Perhaps, I just need to get an Ipad to push myself a little harder into a more organized space... 😂 

[mrs68tm]

I don't have iPad and I don't need it.

I am a Windows user. I have been using it since 1995...

I guess Affinity made its app in such a way that a template done in Windows to be usable in any other OS.

[T V]

Good point.  I'm a windows user too.  Do templates done in Windows format work for mac? 

I never got the hang of the user experience back in the early days of Photoshop and Illustrator...drove me right to Coreldraw...and there are a lot of things I remember from that which I miss still today.

[mrs68tm]

Maybe a Mac user can give us the right answer if templates made in Windows will work in Mac.

 

[T V]

I asked in forums and the response was yes.  Template format is not restricted to OS.  😀