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Maybe for 1 bit images on GIMP you could try setting the image mode to indexed and then generate a palette with just two colors. GIMP can also apply dithering if you want
Thank you!! That is exactly what I was looking for.
That is a big help. I was stuck on the idea that that option wasn't available when making a new doc and didn't think to look under the change mode menu.