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Whoa, TIL. It actually makes quite a big difference. Nevertheless I don't actually think being pixelated is much of a stylistic choice. Here [1] they explain h

by stjo 5y ago

Whoa, TIL. It actually makes quite a big difference. Nevertheless I don't actually think being pixelated is much of a stylistic choice. Here [1] they explain how they use dithering to minimise their bandwidth and computational costs. [1] - https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/09/how-to-build-a-lowtech-website/ https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/09/how-to-build-a-low...

arc-in-space 5y ago
Except dithering is not great for modern compression algorithms, making the endeavour mostly performative.
- VyperCard 5y ago
  Yeah, I reduced their file sizes in their examples by just setting jpeg compression levels to 7% and had actual grayscale
mlok 5y ago
AVIF and WEBP formats give pretty good compression : https://squoosh.app/editor https://squoosh.app/editor * original colourful image : https://homebrewserver.club/images/lime2.png https://homebrewserver.club/images/lime2.png * dithering/PNG on this site : 34 kB * AVIF (quality 16 for similar "readability") : 21 kB * WEBP (quality 16 for similar "readability") : 24 kB But the "nice dithering style" is lost in the process, obviously.
- mlok 5y ago
  Lossless compression of their 4 colours dithering PNG (34 kB) : * AVIF : 69 kB (+100%) * WEBP : 27 kB (-22%)