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Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering Explained

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What it is

Rune Skovbo Johansen explains Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering, a technique he invented and released as open source. It makes dithering stick to 3D surfaces and covers the experiments and shortcomings along the way, inspired by Return of the Obra Dinn.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as the original explainer for a clever dithering technique and the go-to video in dithering threads.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2025, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “The video linked [0] to in the repo talks about experiments and shortcomings”

    Covers experiments and shortcomings behind stable 3D dithering.

    abetusk, 2025-01 · Recommendation · in “Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering”

  2. “a 4-days old video related to dithering which is really worth watching.”

    Worthwhile video on surface-stable dithering by an indie developer.

    qwertox, 2025-01 · Recommendation · in “Bilinear down/upsampling, aligning pixel grids, and that infamous GPU half pixel (2021)”

  3. “a couple videos about a technique that was inspired by the Obra Dinn's dither, but making it surface stable”

    Explains a surface-stable technique inspired by Obra Dinn.

    m12k, 2025-10 · Recommendation · in “Dithering – Part 1”

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Topics: dithering, shaders, computer graphics, obra dinn, fractals

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