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A comment on 1-Bit Hokusai's "The Great Wave".

Re:1-Bit Hokusai's "The Great Wave" by francoi8 on Saturday April 25, 2026 @02:03PM (#47903282)
For those wanting to explore automatically converting art pieces to 1-bit you can use 8Bit Photo Lab on iOS or Android. Select the black and white palette and choose resolution and dithering type.

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ilixa.ebp&...

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/8bit-photo-lab/id6759910005

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Re:1-Bit Hokusai's "The Great Wave" by reaperducer on Saturday April 25, 2026 @03:04PM (#47903700)
On macOS, there's a great piece of freeware called Retro Dither that does the job well: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retro-dither-b-w-is-beautiful/...

/Not the author, just a satisfied user.

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Re:1-Bit Hokusai's "The Great Wave" by nielsbot on Saturday April 25, 2026 @03:51PM (#47904039)
One more for iOS: BitCam

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcam/id1114990619

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Re:1-Bit Hokusai's "The Great Wave" by mark-r on Saturday April 25, 2026 @05:51PM (#47904879)
Automatic conversion to 1-bit has been available since the 1980's. The trick is to do it artfully.
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