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any one knows how to make one ,t tried to make one but it won't print in halftone ,followed the tutorial on the ghostview/ghostscript and still won't print in halftone mode ,gotta make one 10 inches wide and 3/4 inch high
halftone elipse
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anyone ,heeelp
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I have really no Idea what you are trying to do based on your post....maybe a little more descriptive and explain what you are trying to accomplish a bit more..and examples are always nice to see.
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i went in corel draw and created an elipse shape and did the color fill and tried to make it a halftone then i converted it to a bitmap ,it showed on the screen ,but when i went to print it it came out solid ,the same happen in photoshop ,i have done halftones in photoshop before with great results ,i just can't figure out for the life of me ,whats going on ,it has worked before in photoshop
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Without getting into what kind of output device you have or if you have a RIP, here's one way:
FIll the elipse with the percentage of Black you want. Use BITMAP to set RESOLUTION and GRAYSCALE. Go to COLOR TRANSFORM set MAX DOT RADIUS and ANGLE. Go back to BITMAP and convet to BLACK AND WHITE to make it a monochrome bitmap so the dots will print out as solid Black.
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i tried what was suggested and stil it won't print in halftone ,any one has any ideas ,i must be diong something wrong ,can some one post a step by step on how to do this?
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and that is how it is done!
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Thanks Tygeron........ That seemed very simple... I am tyring to follow and find the same commands in Photoshop CS3
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If you do a search here on the forum for "No RIP halftones in Photoshop" You should find instructions.
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this is the way to halftone images in PS
step 1 : open PS , create the ellipse you to the size you want and fill it with a gradient or whatever color you want.
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4332-step-1.jpg[/media]
step 2: convert to greyscale - Image/Mode/ Greyscale
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4333-step-2.jpg[/media]
step 3: convert to bitmap - Image/Mode/Bitmap , this dialog is where you set the resolution , set it high so you get a good output as you can see I set it to 600 but 900 would work better.also set the Method to Haltone Screen
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4334-step-3.jpg[/media]
step 4: Set the Frequency(DPI) and screen angle.the DPI is determined by the mesh count. divide the mesh count by 4.5 and this gives you the highest DPI for the mesh. the higher the DPI number the smaller the dot.
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4335-step-4.jpg[/media]
step 5: this is what you should have now...you should be able to see the dot pattern generated by Photoshop.
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4336-step-5.jpg[/media]
step 6: Convert back to greyscale. leave the number as it is in the dialog and click ok.
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4337-step-6.jpg[/media]
Final 7: delete all the white from the image, this step isnt needed because the printer wont print white as a color .I always do this step anyway.grab the magig eraser tool and click any part of the white. this should delete all the white leaving just the halftones.
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4338-step-7.jpg[/media]
Final : this is what the halftones should look like zoomed in
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4331-final.jpg[/media]
thats it...it is a good idea to create a action to do this for you.....hope this helps!
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step 1 : open PS , create the ellipse you to the size you want and fill it with a gradient or whatever color you want.
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4332-step-1.jpg[/media]
step 2: convert to greyscale - Image/Mode/ Greyscale
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4333-step-2.jpg[/media]
step 3: convert to bitmap - Image/Mode/Bitmap , this dialog is where you set the resolution , set it high so you get a good output as you can see I set it to 600 but 900 would work better.also set the Method to Haltone Screen
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4334-step-3.jpg[/media]
step 4: Set the Frequency(DPI) and screen angle.the DPI is determined by the mesh count. divide the mesh count by 4.5 and this gives you the highest DPI for the mesh. the higher the DPI number the smaller the dot.
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4335-step-4.jpg[/media]
step 5: this is what you should have now...you should be able to see the dot pattern generated by Photoshop.
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4336-step-5.jpg[/media]
step 6: Convert back to greyscale. leave the number as it is in the dialog and click ok.
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4337-step-6.jpg[/media]
Final 7: delete all the white from the image, this step isnt needed because the printer wont print white as a color .I always do this step anyway.grab the magig eraser tool and click any part of the white. this should delete all the white leaving just the halftones.
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4338-step-7.jpg[/media]
Final : this is what the halftones should look like zoomed in
[media]http://www.t-shirtforums.com/members/inkedapparel-albums-forum-pictures-picture4331-final.jpg[/media]
thats it...it is a good idea to create a action to do this for you.....hope this helps!
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Inked..... Thank you so much, this has summed up everything I have been reading for the past 4 days. I guess being walked through by steps was easier for me to understand. You Rock Buddy!!!!!
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@InkedApparel and tygeron,you both are awesome ,it worked thank you for the great help ,
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Awwwwww. You're welcome!
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no problem....glad I could help....
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"if a member helps with there post , click the THANKS button"
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Haaa-haaa! I've been wanting to mention that but I thought it was a bit pretentious
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To heck with altruism.
I'm just here to get a MHM (Most Helpful Member) tag to go with my cool Black shirt and avatar!
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