I've new to screen printing, and am now trying to master screen printing by converting images to halftone. I am wondering if Photoshop CS2 has the capabilities to do this effectively for screenprinting. Any help or opinions would be great. Thanks!
CS2 definitely has this capability. Just change the color mode to bitmap. Then choose "halftone screen" from the menu that pops up. Select your appropriate settings (halftone shape, frequency and angle) and you're done.
You'll probably want to play with curves and/or levels before you convert to bitmap. Maybe even change to grayscale first and then play with the contrast, but basically, converting to halftones is pretty simple in Photoshop. If you need more, here's a pretty good rundown: Photoshop Halftone Effects The Design Playbook
I've new to screen printing, and am now trying to master screen printing by converting images to halftone. I am wondering if Photoshop CS2 has the capabilities to do this effectively for screenprinting. Any help or opinions would be great. Thanks!
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I don't know if it's me or what but every time I do the bitmap thing to make halftones
in Photoshop they always look really ragged up close. Not nearly as clean as when I import my seps as a PSD with spot channels into Illy, and let the RIP (or Ghostscript as it were) do the halftoning.
I don't know if it's me or what but every time I do the bitmap thing to make halftones
in Photoshop they always look really ragged up close. Not nearly as clean as when I import my seps as a PSD with spot channels into Illy, and let the RIP (or Ghostscript as it were) do the halftoning.
are you viewing at print size or are you blowing it way up?
at print size they should look clean if done correctly
I'm pretty anal about these things. Good dot formation
is pretty key to halftone prints. You lose dot quality at
every step, so best to start with a perfect dot. I guess it's just
my tendencies toward vector art that make me think everything
should look clean at 1200%.
I'm pretty anal about these things. Good dot formation
is pretty key to halftone prints. You lose dot quality at
every step, so best to start with a perfect dot. I guess it's just
my tendencies toward vector art that make me think everything
should look clean at 1200%.
comparing raster to vector is like comparing apples to oranges......there is no comparison.
I don't know if it's me or what but every time I do the bitmap thing to make halftones
in Photoshop they always look really ragged up close. Not nearly as clean as when I import my seps as a PSD with spot channels into Illy, and let the RIP (or Ghostscript as it were) do the halftoning.
Are you noticing a difference at printing or on-screen?
Ironic, I was just toying with the PS bitmap method..I was wondering the same thing, the rasterized halftone from PS is sketchy..haven't printed anything yet.
Halftone Screen Printing in Photoshop CS2 
