Dithering - Pixelate Pro

Dithering mixes each pixel’s palette color with its nearest lighter or darker palette neighbor in a regular pattern. It smooths gradients and adds texture when a palette has few colors. Dithering needs an enabled Color Palette in the same profile.

A character with dithering off, then with Simple, Bayer 4x4 and Dot patterns at different amounts, with Center on and off

A shaded sphere and a grey ramp showing the Simple, Bayer 4x4 and Dot patterns

Settings

Setting	What it does
Pattern	The ordered pattern that decides which pixels switch to the neighboring color: Simple (checker), Bayer 2x2, Bayer 4x4, Bayer 8x8, Dot, Horizontal Line, Vertical Line, or Custom. Pick it from the dropdown; the strip under it previews the pattern on a black-to-white ramp at the current Amount and Center.
Custom Pattern	Shown when Pattern is Custom: a Sprite or Texture2D mask, ranked by brightness.
Amount (%)	Width of the blend between palette colors. 0 is plain palette snapping; 100 applies the full pattern. Default 50.
Center	Off: the darker color is drawn over the lighter side of each transition, and dark areas stay solid. On: the transition spreads evenly in both directions.

How Amount treats flat areas

Areas whose color exactly matches a palette color stay solid up to 50%. Above 50%, Bayer and Dot patterns fade them in, reaching a 25% pattern at 100. Simple and Line patterns have no 25% level, so they pattern those areas only at exactly 100, at 50%.

Tips

Start with Bayer 4x4 around 50 to 75% for smooth shading, or Simple for a classic checker.
For a custom pattern, use a small PNG inside Assets. If it can’t be read, enable Read/Write in its import settings.