diff --git a/circle.go b/circle.go
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+++ b/circle.go
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+package imageutils
+
+import (
+	"image"
+	"image/color"
+)
+
+// go.dev/blog/image-draw#drawing-through-a-mask
+type Circle struct {
+	image.Point
+	R int
+}
+
+func (c Circle) ColorModel() color.Model { return color.AlphaModel }
+func (c Circle) Bounds() image.Rectangle {
+	return image.Rect(c.Point.X-c.R, c.Point.Y-c.R, c.Point.X+c.R, c.Point.Y+c.R)
+}
+func (c Circle) At(x, y int) color.Color {
+	xx, yy, rr := float64(x-c.Point.X)+0.5, float64(y-c.Point.Y)+0.5, float64(c.R)
+	if xx*xx+yy*yy < rr*rr {
+		return color.Opaque
+	}
+	return color.Transparent
+}
diff --git a/cmd/jpg2png/jpg2png.go b/cmd/jpg2png/jpg2png.go
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+++ b/cmd/jpg2png/jpg2png.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"image/jpeg"
+	"image/png"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	img, err := jpeg.Decode(os.Stdin)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	err = png.Encode(os.Stdout, img)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/playground/circles/circles.go b/cmd/playground/circles/circles.go
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+++ b/cmd/playground/circles/circles.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"math/rand"
+	"image"
+	"image/color"
+	"image/draw"
+	"image/png"
+	"os"
+
+	iu "git.nkpl.cc/twocookedfaggots/imageutils"
+)
+
+func square(side int) image.Rectangle { return image.Rect(0, 0, side, side) }
+
+func Circles(b image.Rectangle, radius int) chan iu.Circle {
+	ch := make(chan iu.Circle)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(ch)
+		for {
+			x, y := rand.Int()%b.Dx(), rand.Int()%b.Dy()
+			dxdy := b.Dx()*b.Dy()
+			r := rand.Int() % (dxdy/(dxdy/radius))
+			ch <- iu.Circle{image.Point{x, y}, r}
+		}
+	}()
+	return ch
+}
+
+// Converts color.Opaque and color.Transparent to color.Black and color.White respectively.
+var BlackAndWhite = color.ModelFunc(
+	func(c color.Color) color.Color {
+		if color.AlphaModel.Convert(c) == color.Opaque {
+			return color.Black
+		}
+		return color.White
+	},
+)
+
+func main() {
+	canvas := image.NewRGBA(square(1024))
+	circles := Circles(canvas.Bounds(), 1024/16)
+
+	// draw n circles
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		c := <-circles
+		draw.DrawMask(
+			canvas, canvas.Bounds(), &image.Uniform{color.White}, 
+			image.Point{}, c, image.Point{}, draw.Over,
+		)
+	}
+	err := png.Encode(os.Stdout, canvas)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/playground/main.go b/cmd/playground/main.go
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index 0000000..e1b7f4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/playground/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	iu "git.nkpl.cc/twocookedfaggots/imageutils"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	
+}
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diff --git a/pkg/merge/converted_gray.png b/pkg/merge/converted_gray.png
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diff --git a/pkg/merge/merge.go b/pkg/merge/merge.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/merge/merge.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"image"
+	"image/color"
+	_ "image/jpeg"
+	"image/png"
+	_ "image/png"
+	"os"
+)
+
+type Merge struct {
+	first, second image.Image
+}
+
+func (m Merge) ColorModel() color.Model { return m.first.ColorModel() }
+func (m Merge) Bounds() image.Rectangle { return m.first.Bounds() }
+
+func (m Merge) At(x, y int) color.Color {
+	if (x%2 != 0) && (y%2 != 0) {
+		return m.second.At(x, y)
+	}
+	return m.first.At(x, y)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	f1, err := os.Open(os.Args[1])
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	f2, err := os.Open(os.Args[2])
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	img1, _, err := image.Decode(f1)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	img2, _, err := image.Decode(f2)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	png.Encode(os.Stdout, Merge{img1, img2})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/merge/merged.png b/pkg/merge/merged.png
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diff --git a/pkg/merge/palette.go b/pkg/merge/palette.go
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index 0000000..1968d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/merge/palette.go
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"image"
+	"image/color"
+	_ "image/jpeg"
+	"image/png"
+	_ "image/png"
+	"os"
+
+	"slices"
+)
+
+func paletteFromImage(img image.Image) (p []color.Color) {
+	for i := 0; i < img.Bounds().Dx(); i++ {
+		p = append(p, img.At(i, 0))
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func parseHexColor(s string) (c color.RGBA, err error) {
+	c.A = 0xff
+	switch len(s) {
+	case 7:
+		_, err = fmt.Sscanf(s, "#%02x%02x%02x", &c.R, &c.G, &c.B)
+	case 4:
+		_, err = fmt.Sscanf(s, "#%1x%1x%1x", &c.R, &c.G, &c.B)
+		// Double the hex digits:
+		c.R *= 17
+		c.G *= 17
+		c.B *= 17
+	default:
+		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid length, must be 7 or 4")
+
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func mean(c1, c2 color.Color) color.Color {
+	r1, g1, b1, _ := c1.RGBA()
+	r2, g2, b2, _ := c2.RGBA()
+	return color.RGBA{
+		uint8((r1 + r2) / 2),
+		uint8((g1 + g2) / 2),
+		uint8((b1 + b2) / 2),
+		0xFF,
+	}
+}
+
+type Convert struct {
+	image.Image
+	color.Palette
+}
+
+func (c Convert) ColorModel() color.Model { return c.Image.ColorModel() }
+func (c Convert) Bounds() image.Rectangle { return c.Image.Bounds() }
+func (c Convert) At(x, y int) color.Color {
+	if isMeanCloser(c.Palette, c.Image.At(x, y)) {
+		first, second := twoClosest(c.Palette, c.Image.At(x, y))
+		// chessboard texture
+		if (x%2 != 0) && (y%2 != 0) || (x%2 == 0) && (y%2 == 0) {
+			return first
+		}
+		return second
+	}
+	return c.Palette.Convert(c.Image.At(x, y))
+}
+
+func twoClosest(p color.Palette, c color.Color) (first, second color.Color) {
+	first = p.Convert(c)
+	i := p.Index(c)
+	p2 := slices.Delete(slices.Clone(p), i, i+1)
+	second = p2.Convert(c)
+	return
+}
+
+func isMeanCloser(p color.Palette, c color.Color) bool {
+	first, second := twoClosest(p, c)
+	mp := color.Palette{first, mean(first, second), second}
+	i := mp.Index(c)
+	return i == mp.Index(mean(first, second))
+}
+
+func main() {
+	paletteFile := flag.String("p", "", "provide palette file")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	var palette []color.Color
+
+	var colors []string
+	_ = []string{
+		"#ffffec", // soft-white
+		"#ff0000", // red
+		"#00ff00", // green
+		"#0000ff", // blue
+		"#000000", // black
+	}
+	funniPalette := []string{
+		"#ffffec",
+		"#000000",
+		"#4a3544",
+		"#757575",
+		"#8e8e8e",
+		"#666666",
+		"#4c4c4c",
+		"#3b3b3b",
+		"#949494",
+		"#ffffff",
+		"#665361",
+		"#3f3f3f",
+		"#525252",
+		"#838383",
+		"#111111",
+		"#070707",
+		"#b9b9b9",
+		"#dfdfdf",
+	}
+	colors = funniPalette
+	if *paletteFile != "" {
+		f, err := os.Open(*paletteFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		img, _, err := image.Decode(f)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		palette = paletteFromImage(img)
+	} else {
+		palette = func() (p []color.Color) {
+			for _, v := range colors {
+				c, err := parseHexColor(v)
+				if err != nil {
+					panic(err)
+				}
+				p = append(p, c)
+			}
+			return
+		}()
+	}
+	img, _, err := image.Decode(os.Stdin)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	palette = append(palette, color.RGBA{88, 88, 88, 0xFF})
+	err = png.Encode(os.Stdout, Convert{img, palette})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/merge/palette.png b/pkg/merge/palette.png
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diff --git a/pkg/merge/readme.md b/pkg/merge/readme.md
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+++ b/pkg/merge/readme.md
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+experiments with palette and stuff
+
+---
+
+![alt text](converted.png)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/palette b/pkg/palette
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--- a/pkg/palette
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit e161720f1cf08d296c750662eaf5ae4d25811b74