Example bScatter embed
Original image:
3,115,062 cloudyOrig.bmp 2025 Dec 16 18:51:23 <==== 1248 x 832 pixels
We'll stuff this about as much as the program can, with incompressible random binary data:
1,048,576 1m.bin 2025 Oct 11 19:29:36
524,288 512k.bin 2025 Oct 11 19:28:53
262,144 256k.bin 2025 Oct 11 19:28:29
131,072 128k.bin 2025 Oct 11 19:28:01
total:
1,966,080 bytes
With bScatter turned on:
2,613,339 cloudyWithScatter.png 2025 Dec 16 19:10:57
Definitely grainy, but on average colors are preserved, and nuances of shading can be seen.
With bScatter turned off:
2,508,263 cloudyNoScatter.png 2025 Dec 16 19:13:50
Zones of phantom colors are visible, but the most glaring problem is a posterization of blocks of brightness with sharp lines dividing them.
OK, that was stuffing an extreme amount of data. Let's push in a little less and see how it looks.
1,048,576 1m.bin 2025 Oct 11 19:29:36
524,288 512k.bin 2025 Oct 11 19:28:53
total:
1,572,864 bytes <=== 80% of the previous amount stuffed.
With bScatter turned on:
2,249,660 cloudyWith1572.png 2025 Dec 16 19:16:28
This looks almost normal.
With bScatter turned off:
2,182,960 cloudyNo1572.png 2025 Dec 16 19:18:07
Posterization of brightness is still clearly visible, as are patches of phantom colors.
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