Vamiga: Is it worth to implement an enhanced HAM mode?

[dirkwhoffmann]

As you know, HAM mode always synthesizes two pixels, by either

a) reading directly from a color register or
b) by replacing a color component from the previous pixel.

Therefore it is easy to implement a slightly enhanced HAM mode which interpolates the first of the two pixels in case b).

In this picture, the difference gets visible to some extend:

However, for most pictures I tested, the result is hardly visible with the human eye, so it might not worth to offer it as an option. It's easy to implement though (just a few lines of code) ...

[mithrendal]

Oh boy, the haircut is so eigthees. 🤓
I think the crop of the enhanced HAM is definitly smoother.
If it is easy and the code will not get messed up then I would do it, simply because the other emulators don't have it. vAmiga will be a little bit better in displaying HAM 💪 than the big emulators out there. But pssst, 🙊 better don't tell anybody that vAmiga is superior in this ...

But yes in the big picture it is hardly visible ...

EDIT: is the princess in defender of the crown in HAM mode? This would be of course the killer argument to implement it, a no brainer then 😂...

[dirkwhoffmann]

If you wish to see a real haircut from the eighties, you just have to click to the next picture 😂:

Actually, this picture is a good examples how barely visible the enhanced HAM mode is. It's hardly impossible to distinguish both versions if they are drawn in normal size.

[mithrendal]

Yep definitly the 80ties, look at this freaky hairs. Maybe punk style? The crop is a bit more blurred. Can‘t tell wether it is better in terms of quality though. Pretty close. Big picture seems to be identical. Whether to implement enhanced HAM or not I am neutral.
I bet this person is now already 60 years old. Maybe still the same hair cut, no? 🤭