Bit Planes Unblocked Today

Row 1: 0, 1, 0, 0 → as an image row: black, white, black, black.

In a grayscale image, each pixel is typically stored as an 8‑bit number (0–255). Instead of looking at the full number, a bit plane isolates just across all pixels. bit planes unblocked

for bit in range(8): plane = (pixels >> bit) & 1 # isolate one bit plane_img = Image.fromarray(plane * 255) # 0→black, 1→white plane_img.save(f'bitplane_bit.png') Row 1: 0, 1, 0, 0 → as

Look at the rightmost bit of each byte.

Row 1: 0, 0, 1, 1 → black, black, white, white. Row 1: 0

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