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Convert photos to Atkinson dithering

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Re: Convert photos to Atkinson dithering

#21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> CoffeeScript It was acceptable in the 2010s It was acceptable at the time :p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOV5WXISM24

Nor have I said there is anything wrong with it, only that it's been a long time. So reflexively to equate calling something old with calling it bad seems like a young man's game, but it has been some time since I had close experience of being one of those, also.

It’s a reference to the linked song. One of my favorite songs :D

Re: Convert photos to Atkinson dithering

#25
Here's one I've been working on and off that lets you convert multiple images to MacPaint in a 400k MFS formatted disk image.

https://github.com/minorbug/mfsjs

I've had this project gathering a light layer of dust in my home directory for a couple months now. I used Gemini Deep Research to help produce the library, and I included the LLM-generated markdown for anyone who wishes to reproduce on other languages, improve upon it, etc.

Re: Convert photos to Atkinson dithering

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post #19

What am I doing wrong? I import a photo, I click save to desktop, and I get an unidentified file in an unknown format.

I believe the file is missing a name and extension. If you rename the file with .png extension, then it works.

HA! For some reason it never occurred to me that it would be in a format the original Mac never knew. Thanks!
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