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Article #1483Re: Dithering..
From: Ben Thornton
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1991 16:24
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1991 16:24
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arctngnt@amiganet.chi.il.us (Bowie J Poag) writes: >My dad works in newspapers. Newspaper print is a VERY good example of >dithering. Why pictures in newspapers appear to be grey, yes, is infact the >size of the BLACK dots next to WHITE spaces. >If the balance of black and white is equal, its normal grey.. If there is more >black than white in a given area, itll be a DARKER grey. Duh. True enough but this is not dithering. This is half-toning which is not same at all. >Think, bud. THINK. >Arc -- Ben Thornton packet: wd5hls@wd5hls.ampr.org Video Associates Internet: ben@val.com Austin, TX uucp: ...!cs.utexas.edu!val!ben What's the moral of the story?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!val!ben From: ben@val.com (Ben Thornton) Newsgroups: comp.multimedia Subject: Re: Dithering.. Message-ID: <1991Jun7.162415.3368@val.com> Date: 7 Jun 91 16:24:15 GMT References: <arctngnt.1470@amiganet.chi.il.us><2695@news.chips.com> <arctngnt.3254@amiganet.chi.il.us> Organization: Video Associates Labs Lines: 23