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Halftones for Inkjets (no RIP needed) TUTORIAL
OK, someone saw my Illustrator version and asked if it could be done with photoshop, so now I'll share my photoshop version as well...
Let's get started!
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1. Open your photo or image
2. Select Image > Mode > Grayscale
3. Then Convert the image again, this time to Bitmap
4. Now a dialog will pop up
set the dialog to 300 (i find that best on my inkjet, experiment a bit to see whats best for you)
5. After that, a second dialog will popup
This time set the lpi to 35 (i use 35 on 110 mesh, general rule of thumb is 3.5 divided by your mesh count) and in the lower menu select "Halftone Screen"
6. SCORE! and there you have it! Inkjet Halftones in Photoshop!
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Re: Halftones for Inkjets (no RIP needed) TUTORIAL very good, easy to follow.. thanks
i think i'd probably use these halftones along with a crisp outline of the image for full effect
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Re: Halftones for Inkjets (no RIP needed) TUTORIAL any pics of actual shirts made using this method? Im trying to see if halftoning is the answer to all my 'shading' questions...
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Re: Halftones for Inkjets (no RIP needed) TUTORIAL any advice on exposing such an image to silk screen?
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Re: Halftones for Inkjets (no RIP needed) TUTORIAL i generally burn halftones for about 1.5 minutes less than my normal exposure time
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Re: Halftones for Inkjets (no RIP needed) TUTORIAL is that skull just a one layer print? impressive.
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Re: Halftones for Inkjets (no RIP needed) TUTORIAL yes, that was a one-stroke print
the picture wasn't taken in good lighting, but it's just white on a black tee
here's a full shot of the imprint
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Re: Halftones for Inkjets (no RIP needed) TUTORIAL I don't do screen printing but would like to get into it someday. I see that it is used it with gray scale image. How can it be used for separate color halftones for RGB or CMYK image to burn three or more color screens?
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Re: Halftones for Inkjets (no RIP needed) TUTORIAL working on that now actually
and... i'm pretty sure i got the answer, just gotta test my technique before i throw it online
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Halftones for Inkjets (no RIP needed) TUTORIAL 
i think i'd probably use these halftones along with a crisp outline of the image for full effect 
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