In-browser dithering lab

Smooth in.Dither out.

PixelSynth turns photographs into algorithmic grain. Fifteen real dithering algorithms, every pixel computed in your browser — no uploads, no accounts.

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Algorithms: 15
Categories: 3
Local: 100%

Developing

Sphere rendered with the Floyd–Steinberg dithering algorithm

Original ungraded sphere render before dithering

SourceDithered

Floyd–Steinberg

Error Diffusion · 1976

Floyd–Steinberg✳Jarvis–Judice–Ninke✳Stucki✳Burkes✳Sierra✳Two-Row Sierra✳Sierra Lite✳Atkinson✳Bayer 2×2✳Bayer 4×4✳Bayer 8×8✳Clustered Dot✳Blue Noise✳Random✳Void-and-Cluster✳Floyd–Steinberg✳Jarvis–Judice–Ninke✳Stucki✳Burkes✳Sierra✳Two-Row Sierra✳Sierra Lite✳Atkinson✳Bayer 2×2✳Bayer 4×4✳Bayer 8×8✳Clustered Dot✳Blue Noise✳Random✳Void-and-Cluster✳

A darkroom for pixels

/ Capabilities

01Algorithms

Fifteen ways to break a gradient

Error diffusion, ordered matrices, blue-noise and halftone — from Floyd–Steinberg (1976) to Void-and-Cluster, side by side.

02Controls

Tune the grain in real time

Push scale, contrast, brightness, noise and blur and watch the pixels rearrange instantly, no render queue.

03Tone mapping

Color where you want it

Map custom shades to shadows, midtones and highlights while luminance is preserved across the image.

Drop in an image. Pick an algorithm. Watch it develop.

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