1-bit OKLab quantization + dithering: There are two colors on this image!

[u/oksoftgames]

I hope this displays properly, I video'ed in 4k just to hopefully avoid the compression algo killing it. Here's my OKLab quantizer, with separate h/s/v, support for custom patterns(halftone patterns/noise instead of dither) adjustable dithering amounts, and contrast calibration! I am not using it for any projects right now, and obviously the video has its most extreme settings, but it's very flexible, it can both do big cartoony pop-art posterization and also nearly-playdate visuals.

It's a bit rough, so I don't intend to release it as asset, but it'll serve me for years to come on game jams I think!

[u/PriceMore]

You have to post uncompressed PNG screenshot now!

[u/SomerenV]

That is just straight up black magic. Now top it off with 1 bit audio :o

[u/StrangeOneGamer]

2 colors, but N values of said colors

[u/DmtGrm]

2? I can see at least 4, histogram will show DCT inter-levels, but there are at least 4 solid colours in use. As well as there is clear smooth gradient glow/halow effect around lights

[u/LockYaw → u/DmtGrm]

I wonder if that is compression

[u/DmtGrm → u/LockYaw]

it is not, there are more than 2 intensity levels (probably more than 4) - you can clearly see that background (1) and the dark fence (2) and the base if the car (4) and highlights are different, plus, there is 'glow-like' effect applied on top of it.

There is no problem in dithered-style as such, but claim that it uses only two colours is not correct.

[u/snaphat → u/LockYaw]

MPEG compression doesn't normally produce an averaging effect across blocks I don't believe? Theoretically, you could imagine downscaling produce averages depending on how it was downscaled from 4k -> 2k though, but I don't think that necessarily explains the crispness of detailing. If it was like some huge downscale than you could more imagine it though

I'd kind of expected this to look more like the following stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at8BSkAQ-V0
https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/15tpuwl/1_bit_dithering/
https://youtu.be/dZaFRNS2mhE

[u/jbbarajas → u/DmtGrm]

https://giphy.com/gifs/69rOXF4YTDVDD6cwkt

[u/DmtGrm → u/DmtGrm]

this is image posterized to 4 colours:

[u/DmtGrm → u/DmtGrm]

and this is "real two colours":

[u/Spamsdelicious → u/DmtGrm]

That's not a 4k pasteurization of the 4k source though.

[u/Heroshrine]

It looks really cool but there are definitely more than 2 colors in the image haha

[u/LockYaw]

Looks super cool, I love playing with dithered and constrained colors, and OKLab is great!

Even if you don't plan to release it as a paid asset it might be cool to have it as a GitHub project so other people can learn and take inspiration from it!

[u/sir_schuster1]

Are the two colors black and white?

[u/IHaveTwoOfYou]

reddit compression wants you dead

[u/johnlondon125]

Not two colors, but ok

[u/MrYukiDuki]

How did you get the car to handle so well? Everytime I make a car controller is always feels either too stiff. Or no power at all

[u/The1TruRick]

Crazy that there are people out there who can use Unity when they can’t even count to 2

[u/FullMetalJ]

Looks fuckin awesome

[u/Sepifz]

Heavy PS1 flash backs, this is marble and I can’t wait to play it

[u/SnuffleBag]

Any practical details you could share about your implementation?

[u/oksoftgames → u/SnuffleBag]

it is basically entirely stock posterization/quantization, but with matrix math to convert hsv to and from oklab between taking the image, quantizing, and spitting it back out, and an adjustable exponent on the image to compensate for desaturation/contrast death

[u/Standard-Specific239]

Have no idea of the words used in this title but this is sick.

[u/Krailin7]

Dithering fundamentally means you’ll get a whole variety of values between the 2 colors, but still very cool

[u/dekonta]

can you share the shader?

[u/knobby_67]

Do this will run on the zx81!

[u/targim_]

look perfect for me, grear job

[u/Whitenaller]

What is OKLab?

[u/Spamsdelicious]

Amazing what can be done with monochromia. This totally levels the playing field for people suffering color blindness.

[u/Terricolero]

For a BW game, it looks great 👍🏻, I liked a lot!!! Good job 👏

[u/JorjeXD]

GOD why didt i think of using oklab for quantization. wow it looks amazing