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Sphere dithered with Clustered Dot (Halftone Ordered)The same sphere before ditheringSourceDithered

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Clustered Dot (Halftone Ordered)

Groups pixels to simulate offset printing. Ideal for ink-dot or halftone-style appearances.

Author
Various researchers
Year
1980s
Complexity
medium
Processing cost
2 / 5

How it works

Each pixel is compared with a threshold matrix tiled across the image. Fast, parallel and deliberately textured.

Threshold ranks
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  • A 4×4 matrix of 16 ranks is tiled across the image; a pixel turns white when its brightness exceeds the threshold at its position.
  • That gives 17 distinct gray levels, each reproduced by a fixed dot pattern.