Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering Explained

Why HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

runevision

Topic

surface-stable dithering

Format

explainer

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2025–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• To create a dithering effect for 3D scenes. Doing a straight 2D dither on each frame will result in noisy artifacts and won't be "stable". Doing an "ordered" dithering produces a "porch screen" artifact effect, where there's a stable pattern in screen space that can …

• On a similar note, yesterday I stumbled across a 4-days old video related to dithering which is really worth watching. " Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering " [0] by "Rune Skovbo Johansen, indie game developer and procedural generation enthusiast" [0] [VIDEO]

• Somewhat related and worth watching: Surface-stable fractal dithering explained [VIDEO] There's a follow-up video to that one.