DITHERON troubleshooting

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DaVinci Resolve:

After Effects:

Final Cut Pro:

Always close your host application before running the installer.

Slow playback:

Ditheron runs best on NVIDIA RTX 2060 or newer, AMD equivalent, or Apple Silicon (M1+). May work on older GPUs with reduced performance.
If playback is slow, check that your GPU drivers are up to date.
Glow adds processing overhead. Disable it while editing, enable for final render.
Higher Scale values are actually faster (fewer calculations per pixel).
Downscale can improve performance since the dithering operates on a smaller image.

DaVinci Resolve: Use Resolve's Smart Cache (Playback > Render Cache > Smart) to cache Ditheron's output for smooth playback.

After Effects: Pre-render Ditheron layers or use AE's Disk Cache.

Final Cut Pro: Use background render (Preferences > Playback > Background Render) to cache Ditheron output.

Make sure you've typed a name in the Preset Name field before clicking Save
Preset slots are limited to 300. If all slots are full, delete one to make room.
User presets are stored on your machine (%APPDATA%\Ditheron\presets\ on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/Ditheron/presets/ on macOS). They persist across all projects but don't transfer between machines automatically.

Hex codes should start with # (e.g. #FF0000)
Separate multiple colors with commas, spaces, or dashes
Coolors.co URLs should be the full URL (e.g. https://coolors.co/264653-2a9d8f-e9c46a)
Maximum 5 colors. Extra colors are ignored.

See the Activation page for detailed troubleshooting.

Check the Adjustments section — Brightness, Contrast, or Gamma may have been changed from defaults
Check if Invert is enabled
Make sure Strength isn't at 0% (which would show the original image)
Try resetting to a built-in preset to start from known-good values

Enable Color must be turned on for palette mapping to work
Palette Mode must be set to match what you want (Preset vs Custom)
Color Depth at high values (16-32) with a limited palette can look washed out — try lower values (2-4) for bolder results
Saturation in the Adjustments section affects the input before palette mapping