Blending Modes, Compare Slider & Character Presets
v1.1 is the first major feature update to Ditther after the initial launch. It makes the core editing experience significantly more powerful: blending modes across every effect, a before/after compare slider, fine-grained scatter and opacity controls, and five new character presets for ASCII mode.
What changed
New feature
Blending modes for all effects
Every pixel effect — Dither, ASCII, Halftone, Dots, LEGO, and Bayer Matrix — now supports blending modes. Switch between Normal, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, and more to control how the effect composites with your original image. Multiply darkens the effect into the image tones; Screen lifts it. The right blend mode can make the difference between an illustration look and a photo manipulation.
New feature
Before/after compare slider
A draggable split slider lets you compare the original image against the processed result in real time. Drag left to reveal more of the original; drag right to show the full effect. This is particularly useful for subtle filter work where the cumulative change is hard to judge without a direct side-by-side reference.
New feature
Scatter and opacity controls
Two new global controls give you more nuance over how effects render. Opacity blends the effect layer back toward transparent — useful for combining effects with the source image. Scatter introduces controlled randomness into the placement of characters and dots, breaking up the rigid grid pattern of pixel effects for a more organic result.
Improved
Smarter Remix with blend, opacity and scatter randomisation
The Remix button now randomises blending mode, opacity, and scatter alongside effect type and filters. This means every Remix result is genuinely unique — the same effect at different blend modes and scatter levels reads as a completely different visual style.
New feature
Five new ASCII character presets
ASCII mode gets five named character sets: ASCII (the classic full character range), Hacker (dense monospace characters for a terminal aesthetic), Symbols (punctuation and special characters for texture), Alpha (letters only for a clean typographic look), and Numeric (0–9 for a data-readout feel). Each preset is also fully editable — you can type any characters into the custom field.
Improved
Cleaner, more tactile slider UI
All sliders across the panel have been redesigned for a more physical, tactile feel. Larger hit targets, smoother drag response, and value labels that appear on hover. The result is a panel that feels more like a hardware mixer than a web form.
Full changelog
Added
- Blending modes for all six pixel effects
- Before/after compare slider with draggable handle
- Scatter control — adds randomness to character/dot placement
- Opacity control — blends effect layer toward transparent
- ASCII character presets: ASCII, Hacker, Symbols, Alpha, Numeric
- Custom character field — type any characters for ASCII mode
Improved
- Remix now randomises blending mode, opacity, and scatter
- Slider UI redesigned — larger targets, smoother drag
- Panel layout reorganised — controls grouped more logically
Try this
Set ASCII to Hacker preset, crank Scatter to 30, then switch blend mode to Overlay. Remix a few times — you'll get something that looks completely different from classic ASCII art without touching any other setting.