Walter Isaacson - “Jobs was blown away by bitmapping. “It was like a veil being lifted from my eyes,” he recalled. “I could see what the future of computing was destined to be. #QuoteBot
September 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Walter Isaacson - “Jobs was blown away by bitmapping. “It was like a veil being lifted from my eyes,” he recalled. “I could see what the future of computing was destined to be. #QuoteBot
I mean, it looks like they're related to me. Here's another site explaining what blitters are, and it sounds like they're tied fairly tightly together with bitmapping. everything.explained.today/Blitter/
everything.explained.today
September 22, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I mean, it looks like they're related to me. Here's another site explaining what blitters are, and it sounds like they're tied fairly tightly together with bitmapping. everything.explained.today/Blitter/
The Jaguar uses a blitter. That much is clear from the technical document, after reams and reams of boring bare metal talk about registers and bit shifting. However, it sounds like the blitter (fast way to transfer pixels to the display) and bitmapping are related.
September 22, 2026 at 12:58 AM
The Jaguar uses a blitter. That much is clear from the technical document, after reams and reams of boring bare metal talk about registers and bit shifting. However, it sounds like the blitter (fast way to transfer pixels to the display) and bitmapping are related.
"The sprites on Jaguar aren't sprites, and you should be ashamed of yourself for saying so."
Okay, so it's bitmapping?
"NO! It is not bitmapping! It is the opposite of bitmapping!"
So it's not sprites, or tiles, or bitmapping. Evidently Jaguar graphics are made by magic pixel pixies. O_o;
Okay, so it's bitmapping?
"NO! It is not bitmapping! It is the opposite of bitmapping!"
So it's not sprites, or tiles, or bitmapping. Evidently Jaguar graphics are made by magic pixel pixies. O_o;
September 21, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"The sprites on Jaguar aren't sprites, and you should be ashamed of yourself for saying so."
Okay, so it's bitmapping?
"NO! It is not bitmapping! It is the opposite of bitmapping!"
So it's not sprites, or tiles, or bitmapping. Evidently Jaguar graphics are made by magic pixel pixies. O_o;
Okay, so it's bitmapping?
"NO! It is not bitmapping! It is the opposite of bitmapping!"
So it's not sprites, or tiles, or bitmapping. Evidently Jaguar graphics are made by magic pixel pixies. O_o;
Sprites/tiles vs. polygons is akin to raster images vs. vectorised ones. You mentioned bitmapping, and it's sort of the same thing. Instead of dropping a single pixel anywhere, you can drop a primitive (be it a pixel, a line or a poly) anywhere, and the GPU does the magic for you!
August 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Sprites/tiles vs. polygons is akin to raster images vs. vectorised ones. You mentioned bitmapping, and it's sort of the same thing. Instead of dropping a single pixel anywhere, you can drop a primitive (be it a pixel, a line or a poly) anywhere, and the GPU does the magic for you!
One early console that used bitmapping was the Bally Astrocade, and while it has a massive amount of memory for 1978 (4K!), that's 4K for EVERYTHING, including graphics. If you fill the screen with graphics, you'll have nothing left for game logic. And that's just four colors at a low resolution!
August 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
One early console that used bitmapping was the Bally Astrocade, and while it has a massive amount of memory for 1978 (4K!), that's 4K for EVERYTHING, including graphics. If you fill the screen with graphics, you'll have nothing left for game logic. And that's just four colors at a low resolution!
The 7800 has its own graphical weirdness. It's a bitmapped system, as Ataris tend to be, and as such it needs a display list to manage all the onscreen zones. Nintendo and Sega systems generally do NOT have bitmapping, opting for tiles instead.
August 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The 7800 has its own graphical weirdness. It's a bitmapped system, as Ataris tend to be, and as such it needs a display list to manage all the onscreen zones. Nintendo and Sega systems generally do NOT have bitmapping, opting for tiles instead.
Also! Because the bitmapping takes up so much space in RAM, you can't use every scanline and still expect to have room for game logic. Evidently RAM is a shared resource! You can realistically use 91 scanlines, which isn't far from the vertical resolution of the Astrocade.
July 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Also! Because the bitmapping takes up so much space in RAM, you can't use every scanline and still expect to have room for game logic. Evidently RAM is a shared resource! You can realistically use 91 scanlines, which isn't far from the vertical resolution of the Astrocade.
Genuinely can't tell if it's my internet or feeds are showing lots of black screen and bitmapping/halting at the source? Currently cam 1. #bb28
July 14, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Genuinely can't tell if it's my internet or feeds are showing lots of black screen and bitmapping/halting at the source? Currently cam 1. #bb28
Foto-Blip #1
Apparently, I’m on a pixelation kick at the moment, and I’ve switched to bitmapping the hell out of my digital photos. You’ll have to excuse me if I go a little overboard through the next batch of posts! 🙂
#Art
#PixelArt
#Photos
#PixelatedPhotos
#ExperimentalArt
Apparently, I’m on a pixelation kick at the moment, and I’ve switched to bitmapping the hell out of my digital photos. You’ll have to excuse me if I go a little overboard through the next batch of posts! 🙂
#Art
#PixelArt
#Photos
#PixelatedPhotos
#ExperimentalArt
July 8, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Foto-Blip #1
Apparently, I’m on a pixelation kick at the moment, and I’ve switched to bitmapping the hell out of my digital photos. You’ll have to excuse me if I go a little overboard through the next batch of posts! 🙂
#Art
#PixelArt
#Photos
#PixelatedPhotos
#ExperimentalArt
Apparently, I’m on a pixelation kick at the moment, and I’ve switched to bitmapping the hell out of my digital photos. You’ll have to excuse me if I go a little overboard through the next batch of posts! 🙂
#Art
#PixelArt
#Photos
#PixelatedPhotos
#ExperimentalArt
I made a valiant effort, but unfortunately, it is 2 am and I need to throw in the towel. Kpop pride playlist zine can't be finished before I leave in...uh...six hours. Not sure how the bitmapping will look on bsky, but here's a peek. It kinda rules
June 20, 2026 at 6:09 AM
I made a valiant effort, but unfortunately, it is 2 am and I need to throw in the towel. Kpop pride playlist zine can't be finished before I leave in...uh...six hours. Not sure how the bitmapping will look on bsky, but here's a peek. It kinda rules
Horses for courses, but personally never had any trouble reading Garamond italics, even if I know what you mean by the uneven angles. Sabon doesn't have these problems (not uneven, plus thicker), and hopefully any pdf conversion issue (bitmapping text, to be precise) is now resolved.
May 19, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Horses for courses, but personally never had any trouble reading Garamond italics, even if I know what you mean by the uneven angles. Sabon doesn't have these problems (not uneven, plus thicker), and hopefully any pdf conversion issue (bitmapping text, to be precise) is now resolved.
Practical special effects in movies. Most CGI tends to look the same - animators have difficulty depicting the mass of objects - digital matte work feels less realistic than mattes painted on glass - digital weathering/bitmapping of CGI models tends to look less realistic than weathered practicals.
You're Gen X. You can bring back one thing from the 80s. What is it?
May 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Practical special effects in movies. Most CGI tends to look the same - animators have difficulty depicting the mass of objects - digital matte work feels less realistic than mattes painted on glass - digital weathering/bitmapping of CGI models tends to look less realistic than weathered practicals.
I can barely put into proper words how amazing this event was, and how amazing the team behind it is. I'd helped out with building in one area of the map along with handling some of the bitmapping, but by far what brought me to tears was when my song came on during the release party.
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Double ping??? ✨The Album is ALSO OUT NOW!!! > popoffatm.bandcamp.com/album/to-the...
It's Pay What You Want- you can snag it for free or donate a little something that goes right to the musicians who submitted! ❤️
It's Pay What You Want- you can snag it for free or donate a little something that goes right to the musicians who submitted! ❤️
To the Stars, by Pop Off!
42 track album
popoffatm.bandcamp.com
March 22, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I can barely put into proper words how amazing this event was, and how amazing the team behind it is. I'd helped out with building in one area of the map along with handling some of the bitmapping, but by far what brought me to tears was when my song came on during the release party.
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Okay je commence à savoir à peu près ce que je fais avec le bitmapping. J'ai réussi à filtrer les couleurs du dessin de la texture HTML.
Genre là j'ai créé une fonction object->filterColor(0, 0, 250) et ça filtre la couleur bleue dans le dessin de la texture de la fenêtre HWND.
Genre là j'ai créé une fonction object->filterColor(0, 0, 250) et ça filtre la couleur bleue dans le dessin de la texture de la fenêtre HWND.
February 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Okay je commence à savoir à peu près ce que je fais avec le bitmapping. J'ai réussi à filtrer les couleurs du dessin de la texture HTML.
Genre là j'ai créé une fonction object->filterColor(0, 0, 250) et ça filtre la couleur bleue dans le dessin de la texture de la fenêtre HWND.
Genre là j'ai créé une fonction object->filterColor(0, 0, 250) et ça filtre la couleur bleue dans le dessin de la texture de la fenêtre HWND.
This is my Art Summary for 2025.
I noticed my art style has started to improve more a bit with me learning about texturing and bitmapping my artworks.
I'm so proud of what I've learned.
But i'm mostly thankful for all of you guys support on my artworks as a artist and a friend and person!
I noticed my art style has started to improve more a bit with me learning about texturing and bitmapping my artworks.
I'm so proud of what I've learned.
But i'm mostly thankful for all of you guys support on my artworks as a artist and a friend and person!
January 1, 2026 at 4:46 AM
This is my Art Summary for 2025.
I noticed my art style has started to improve more a bit with me learning about texturing and bitmapping my artworks.
I'm so proud of what I've learned.
But i'm mostly thankful for all of you guys support on my artworks as a artist and a friend and person!
I noticed my art style has started to improve more a bit with me learning about texturing and bitmapping my artworks.
I'm so proud of what I've learned.
But i'm mostly thankful for all of you guys support on my artworks as a artist and a friend and person!
This is my Art Summary for 2025.
I noticed my art style has started to improve more a bit with me learning about texturing and bitmapping my artworks.
I'm so proud of what I've learned.
But i'm mostly thankful for all of you guys support on my artworks as a artist and a friend and person!
I noticed my art style has started to improve more a bit with me learning about texturing and bitmapping my artworks.
I'm so proud of what I've learned.
But i'm mostly thankful for all of you guys support on my artworks as a artist and a friend and person!
January 1, 2026 at 4:45 AM
This is my Art Summary for 2025.
I noticed my art style has started to improve more a bit with me learning about texturing and bitmapping my artworks.
I'm so proud of what I've learned.
But i'm mostly thankful for all of you guys support on my artworks as a artist and a friend and person!
I noticed my art style has started to improve more a bit with me learning about texturing and bitmapping my artworks.
I'm so proud of what I've learned.
But i'm mostly thankful for all of you guys support on my artworks as a artist and a friend and person!
Messing around with a new logo design. Not there yet, but some interesting ideas with bitmapping
December 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Messing around with a new logo design. Not there yet, but some interesting ideas with bitmapping
Experimenting with bitmapping. Made this fun demilich cover mock up inspired by the 5e art
#photoshop #fantasyart
#photoshop #fantasyart
December 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Experimenting with bitmapping. Made this fun demilich cover mock up inspired by the 5e art
#photoshop #fantasyart
#photoshop #fantasyart
Oh man, dithering is SO much fun to use! i bought a Photoshop plugin (www.doronsupply.com/product/dith...) that even has a “Sierra” dithering effect that REALLY makes an image look like something from mid 90s Sierra/Dynamix games!
DITHERTONE Pro | DORON SUPPLY
Introducing DITHERTONE Pro - the Photoshop plugin that redefines how you approach bitmapping & dithering. Transform your artwork with controlled patterns of pixel dispersion, creating gorgeous bouts o...
www.doronsupply.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Oh man, dithering is SO much fun to use! i bought a Photoshop plugin (www.doronsupply.com/product/dith...) that even has a “Sierra” dithering effect that REALLY makes an image look like something from mid 90s Sierra/Dynamix games!
They can, but bitmapping inks before sending them to color helps out a few ways: it makes the art a little more crisp, and certain tools like the magic wand, paint bucket, and more can be more easily used when you bitmap the art first. So its not required to do it, but it can help the colorist
October 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
They can, but bitmapping inks before sending them to color helps out a few ways: it makes the art a little more crisp, and certain tools like the magic wand, paint bucket, and more can be more easily used when you bitmap the art first. So its not required to do it, but it can help the colorist
Here’s some examples of how you would see the bitmapping in a datasheet.
Values can be integers, enums, booleans, signed, unsigned, etc etc. That’s where elixirs binary pattern matching is really powerful! In the end, your code just looks how it is defined in the manufacturers documentation
Values can be integers, enums, booleans, signed, unsigned, etc etc. That’s where elixirs binary pattern matching is really powerful! In the end, your code just looks how it is defined in the manufacturers documentation
October 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here’s some examples of how you would see the bitmapping in a datasheet.
Values can be integers, enums, booleans, signed, unsigned, etc etc. That’s where elixirs binary pattern matching is really powerful! In the end, your code just looks how it is defined in the manufacturers documentation
Values can be integers, enums, booleans, signed, unsigned, etc etc. That’s where elixirs binary pattern matching is really powerful! In the end, your code just looks how it is defined in the manufacturers documentation
Concept Vinyl: Later Days by Cheap Date
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Flashback to 10 years ago, this was the first band to follow me on anything (I don’t know why), cool stuff, pure 2010s poppunk This is mostly a sketch design, some fun bitmapping.
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#poppunk #vinyl #graphicdesign #punk #punkrock #vinylcommunity
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Flashback to 10 years ago, this was the first band to follow me on anything (I don’t know why), cool stuff, pure 2010s poppunk This is mostly a sketch design, some fun bitmapping.
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#poppunk #vinyl #graphicdesign #punk #punkrock #vinylcommunity
July 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Concept Vinyl: Later Days by Cheap Date
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Flashback to 10 years ago, this was the first band to follow me on anything (I don’t know why), cool stuff, pure 2010s poppunk This is mostly a sketch design, some fun bitmapping.
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#poppunk #vinyl #graphicdesign #punk #punkrock #vinylcommunity
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Flashback to 10 years ago, this was the first band to follow me on anything (I don’t know why), cool stuff, pure 2010s poppunk This is mostly a sketch design, some fun bitmapping.
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#poppunk #vinyl #graphicdesign #punk #punkrock #vinylcommunity
Going back and forth between MacOS 15 and MacOS 9 is messing with my visual cortex
Yes, there are reasons
Yes, there are reasons
July 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Going back and forth between MacOS 15 and MacOS 9 is messing with my visual cortex
Yes, there are reasons
Yes, there are reasons