Halftone

Sierra lite

The smallest Sierra: three weights and a visible grain.

Sierra lite: a halftone effect on the built-in sample photograph. Computed on your machine right now.
Open Sierra lite in the studio

Controls

levels
Two levels is bare ink and paper. More puts a tonal ladder between them and the grain thins out
diffusion
How much of each dot’s error is handed to its neighbours. At zero nothing is handed on and the picture posterizes into flat bands
serpentine
Every other row is walked backwards. Off, the error always drifts one way and smooth tones grow diagonal worms
contrast
A number from -1 to 1, 0 by default.
color
Dithers each colour channel on its own instead of brightness alone. Ink and paper stop applying
ink
A colour, #ffffff by default.
paper
A colour, #000000 by default.

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