Help with Halftones

I’ve always wanted to use halftones in things i make, But I can never figure out what I’m doing. Can someone help me with how to make/use halftones in Illustrator/Photoshop? I know, I’m a noob, but we all have to start somewhere.

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   Cole said 2 months ago

   actually youtube has a lot of good tuts on this

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   volatile v said 2 months ago

   For shadows and stuff I actually just create a new document, like 5x5 at 300 dpi, and put dots on it. Then I make those dots into a line, then dupe the line until it fills the document. Then I drag the halftone dots over my design and erase where I don’t need them.

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   basil said 2 months ago

   jimiyos tutorial in the resources section

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   Cole said 2 months ago

   volatile v said: For shadows and stuff I actually just create a new document, like 5x5 at 300 dpi, and put dots on it. Then I make those dots into a line, then dupe the line until it fills the document. Then I drag the halftone dots over my design and erase where I don’t need them.

   thats the most inefficient way of going about it i have ever heard.

   copy the gradient. paste in a new document. convert to grayscale. convert to bitmat. halftone screen. play with the settings. bigger the number = smaller the dots.

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   sht! said 2 months ago

   http://emptees.com/resources/30-quick-photoshop-tutorials

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   godmachine said 2 months ago

   i made an action for halftones- email me and i will send it to you.

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   volatile v said 2 months ago

   Cole said:

   volatile v said: For shadows and stuff I actually just create a new document, like 5x5 at 300 dpi, and put dots on it. Then I make those dots into a line, then dupe the line until it fills the document. Then I drag the halftone dots over my design and erase where I don’t need them.

   thats the most inefficient way of going about it i have ever heard.

   copy the gradient. paste in a new document. convert to grayscale. convert to bitmat. halftone screen. play with the settings. bigger the number = smaller the dots.

   i’m only interested in adding a "solid" shadow or using them as a pattern, not for creating a gradient

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   WeAreVolcanoes said 2 months ago

   volatile v said: For shadows and stuff I actually just create a new document, like 5x5 at 300 dpi, and put dots on it. Then I make those dots into a line, then dupe the line until it fills the document. Then I drag the halftone dots over my design and erase where I don’t need them.

   I’m looking more to use them for shadows too, Not gradients
   But i guess i don’t completely understand your explanation.
   I know Illustrator alot better and tend to use it over Photoshop. So can that be used in Illustrator? Thanks for the help everyone.

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   sblake said 2 months ago

   1. Take your element from illustrator you want as a halftone.
   2. Export it as a grayscale TIF.
   3. Open in photoshop.
   4. Image>Mode>Bitmap
   5. Resolution>Same as your export
   6. Method>Halftone
   7. Frequency> This is the size of your "dot" smaller the number bigger the dot. I like 25-35 dot, most screen print shops use 55.
   8. Angle> This is self explanatory. Its the angle of the dot pattern. Contact your screen print shop to see what angle they prefer? I used 22.5 in our shop. Each shop has their own preference. Angle is somewhat important. You don’t want it to clash with the angle in the mesh that ink goes thru to produce your art.. or you will get a moire pattern.
   9. Shape> Round is the average dot.. play with the shapes.. import your own custom.. have fun!
   10. Save.
   11. Place into your illustrator file.

   Note: Bitmap TIFs look like ass in illustrator, this is cause they are small file sizes so the display isn’t important.. if you want to see how it looks print it out or "save for web" that will give you a good preview.

   Hope that helps.

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    jordanandree said 2 months ago

    Heres a pretty good tut on how to do halftones right in illustrator too. I use it all the time.

    http://vectips.com/tutorials/creating-halftone-effects/

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    Cole said 2 months ago

    it doesnt have to be a gradient for you to do it that way....
    the lighter the shade of black the farther the dots are from each other.

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