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Quantization to 1 bit with dithering

This is an image with transparency. It is used because it is a difficult one and show the limitations of each method.
The image several tones of grey near to white, which makes error diffusion more difficult

If the background is not white, it can be perceived that the array dithering don't fill the upper left circle, this is a consequence of the image scan method.
It can be observed that the serpentine scan remove some artifacts in dithers with less diffusion like Floyd-Steinberg, but also creates vertical artifacts sometimes.


original

Normal scan Serpentine scan
Floyd 100%
fs 100 fs 100 s
Ulichney 100%
u 100 u 100 s
Fan 100%
fan 100 fan 100 s
Jarvis 100%
jar 100 jar 100 s
Stucki 100%
stu 100 stu 100 s
Stucki 150%
stu 150 stu 150 s
Sierra3 100%
sierra 3 100 sierra 3 100 s
Sierra2 100%
sierra 2 100 sierra 2 100 s
Sierra24A 100%
sierra 24A 100 sierra 24A 100 s

Riemersma 100% Riemersma 200%
Queue size 16
gimp rie 16 100 gimp rie 16 200
Queue size 32
gimp rie 32 100 gimp rie 32 200
Queue size 64
gimp rie 64 100 gimp rie 64 200

1 bit quantization + DBS (Direct Binary Search)
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