With the Halloween update upon us, we just had to shed a light on one of our favourite Spooky Ditherers- Caroline Dietl. Inspired by the visual narration of fantasy games and movies, Caroline’s Medieval Grunge work feels like a portal into a gothic realm. With muted, natural colours, and textured dithering, there is an atmosphere around Caroline’s dithering that really inspires us!
work by Caroline Dietl using Dither Boy https://t.co/E1ltizbc8S
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Supporting Studio AAA for years, Caroline often combines Dither Boy with our Vintage Paper pack; with the Texture Overlay feature in 6.6.6, this has become even easier! We love seeing users take their dithers further with texturing and distressing, and Caroline’s work is a perfect example of this.
Vintage Paper
£12.5070 Vintage paper textures scanned in at 1200dpi as PNG files with transparency, sized up to 6200 x 8500 px for maximum usability in any art or design project.
All textures in this pack were individually sourced, some are taken from the back of an old family photo, some were from old board games from charity shops, some are from old maps, letters, postcards and more. The textures in this pack took 18 months to collect and have textures dated as old as 1900.
If you enjoy our vintage asset packs then this is for you!
Using Dither Boy since v1, we have seen Caroline’s use of Dither Boy evolve with each update.
From her black and white dithers replacing Filter Gallery, to Medieval colour palettes, to last update’s ASCII features, we love how Caroline’s work keeps updating.
With her work within longstanding cultures Metal and Goth, it’s refreshing to see Caroline adopt less-traditional techniques like Dithering to bring a new energy to merchandise design.
Huge thank you to Caroline for allowing us to share her work with you here, and for her numerous contributions to Dither Boy behind the scenes! Caroline was the first person who saw Script Slayer and has helped us with testing many bug fixes and new effects.
If you like indie software free updates regular tutorials retro effects advanced dithering then meet Dither Boy!
Dither Boy
Original price was: £60.00.£49.00Current price is: £49.00.Dither Boy is all-in-one software for authentic retro image, video, and animation dithering. Featuring 63 unique dithering algorithms, a stackable effects pipeline, and full color support, Dither Boy gives you unrestricted access to advanced creative error diffusion, bitmap, halftone, and modulation effects like never before!
Dither Boy is designed to turn any dithering algorithm from a functional compression tool into a granular, editable, malleable effect.
Completely crush your image detail without losing resolution, or create fine and delicate dithering patterns in your work without compromising on style.
- Dither your work at any scale without losing your image quality
- Full color support with built-in palettes, automatic palette extraction from your images, or download and share user created palettes
- Video and animation support built in, with a timeline editor and live preview
- Work with 63 dithering algorithms, all animation and vector compatible, including custom algorithms you won’t find anywhere else
- Stack and reorder effects like Epsilon Glow, JPEG Glitch, Chromatic Aberration, and more
- Effects designed and created specifically for Dither Boy
- One purchase includes all future updates, no subscription required
- Export black vectors for print and embroidery files
- NEW: CMYK Halftone added in update version 6.0!
True to the visual era it was inspired by, Dither Boy requires no recurring subscription, and all future updates will be included in your purchase at no extra cost.
We have already completed an entire year of free updates in 2025!
