Morty
@morty-40.bsky.social
Software engineer by day, creative retro/game-dev by night. Also father of three, casual runner, motorsports fan, and mostly harmless 🇩🇰
Composite: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/composite-image-conversion/id6745785918
#gamedev #pixelart #synthwave
Composite: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/composite-image-conversion/id6745785918
#gamedev #pixelart #synthwave
Agree it looks very converted. It's also a difficult image and palette to work with :) Removing a bit of gray:
October 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Agree it looks very converted. It's also a difficult image and palette to work with :) Removing a bit of gray:
Interesting, so you prep the image before converting it, by limiting it to use only available solid+mixed colors. I took a quick stab at the same image in Composite, using the CGA palette, no prep, just the true color image as input:
October 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Interesting, so you prep the image before converting it, by limiting it to use only available solid+mixed colors. I took a quick stab at the same image in Composite, using the CGA palette, no prep, just the true color image as input:
16 colors, 128x128, 12bit rgb:
September 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
16 colors, 128x128, 12bit rgb:
Using color ramps for dithering, i.e. only neighbour colors in the (color grouped) palette can mix:
September 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Using color ramps for dithering, i.e. only neighbour colors in the (color grouped) palette can mix:
Using the k-means clustering algorithm to find a palette from an image, and then, using k-means clustering again on the palette grouping the colors into color ramps:
September 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Using the k-means clustering algorithm to find a palette from an image, and then, using k-means clustering again on the palette grouping the colors into color ramps:
Testing out a new idea for determining which colors in a palette can be mixed in dithering, looking a distance in luma (Y) and chroma (UV) individually. Just research for now. 128x128, 12bit RGB, 16 colors.
September 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Testing out a new idea for determining which colors in a palette can be mixed in dithering, looking a distance in luma (Y) and chroma (UV) individually. Just research for now. 128x128, 12bit RGB, 16 colors.
Internal floppy, external gotek, boot selector. Very happy with this setup :)
August 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Internal floppy, external gotek, boot selector. Very happy with this setup :)
Importing Lospec palettes directly into Composite is now really simple #lospecdaily
August 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Importing Lospec palettes directly into Composite is now really simple #lospecdaily
Interpolating colors, sRGB color space vs. LAB. Supposedly HCL is also good for color interpolation, but in my own unscientific research I just think LAB looked better.
August 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Interpolating colors, sRGB color space vs. LAB. Supposedly HCL is also good for color interpolation, but in my own unscientific research I just think LAB looked better.
Almost there - working on support for downloading palettes directly from Lospec.com into Composite #lospec #pixelart
August 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Almost there - working on support for downloading palettes directly from Lospec.com into Composite #lospec #pixelart
Testing.. 16 color Monsters.
August 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Testing.. 16 color Monsters.
Summer break is approaching, and I just submitted Composite v1.4.0 for Apple review, including the new #Amiga EHB palette feature. As always, feedback is welcome 🌴
June 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Summer break is approaching, and I just submitted Composite v1.4.0 for Apple review, including the new #Amiga EHB palette feature. As always, feedback is welcome 🌴
Generating an #Amiga Extra Half Brite palette with Composite, 32 colors + 32 EHB colors, 12bit RGB. It's still work in progress, but I'll finish it up for next release. Self portrait.
June 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Generating an #Amiga Extra Half Brite palette with Composite, 32 colors + 32 EHB colors, 12bit RGB. It's still work in progress, but I'll finish it up for next release. Self portrait.
Converted to 16 colors, 24bit, with a little bit of dithering:
June 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Converted to 16 colors, 24bit, with a little bit of dithering:
Amiga 500 on the workbench for a little upgrade today
June 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Amiga 500 on the workbench for a little upgrade today
Testing, panther in 4, 8, 16, 32 color palettes, 12bit RGB
June 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Testing, panther in 4, 8, 16, 32 color palettes, 12bit RGB
Composite v1.1 is on the way, with improved grayscale palette support. You can grab the free beta release for your Mac from TestFlight here: testflight.apple.com/join/RzVgrBq3
May 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Composite v1.1 is on the way, with improved grayscale palette support. You can grab the free beta release for your Mac from TestFlight here: testflight.apple.com/join/RzVgrBq3