How to make gradient dithering a few times faster (and less repetitive)

Honestly I’m a little bit lazy… so I’ve found how to make gradient dithering workflow a few times faster.

  1. It’s not so necessary but it might be more easy to work with a new file with only 4 pixels width (for this example I made 4x32 pixels canvas):

  1. Paint dithering as in lesson by Reece. For example:

  1. Change canvas (by pressing “C”) width size as you needed but don’t forget to select middle left square as in this printscreen example:

  1. Select just (and only) your painted pattern with selection tool:

  1. Copy, paste and move to the right (ctr+c, ctr+v, mouse or right arrow x 4 times):

  1. Repeat until you fulfill all your canvas:

  1. Congratulations! It’s done and have took just a few minutes (and was less boring and repetitive). And now you can create any wight dithering backgrounds in just a couple minutes.

Have a good day!

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Great technique! I applied something similar, using the marquee tool, copy paste, and a vertical flip, and then inversing the colors by using an intermediate temporary 3rd color.

Both of these techniques work to save time, and they could actually be combined to save even more time.

@7autumnsguest @turquoisesasquach
Thanks for sharing your techniques.

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