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Published: 2008-05-14 16:12:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 40835; Favourites: 132; Downloads: 1280
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Description i've been trying to do a halftone effect in inkscape for awhile now. i was reading the chapter about "tiled clones" in tavjong bah's inkscape guide one day. it showed how color can be used to create a group of stars with different sizes. i didn't think much about it at the time.

that night i had a dream about using this tech to create a halftone effect. when i awoke, i wrote my dream down (i do that a lot). i tried it out in inkscape and it works just fine.

here is what i came up with.

note: the templates can also be made in gimp using it's many gradient features and is actually easier that way.

i hope some find this useful. part two to come...
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Comments: 38

paddywwoof [2014-10-12 11:41:50 +0000 UTC]

V. good but v. big svg (for web logo etc) You can do a not-so-tidy version using checkerboard fill and texture filters
see
paddywwoof.deviantart.com/art/…

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zeus-arts [2014-03-22 19:25:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for sharing! It worked perfectly.

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istarlome In reply to zeus-arts [2014-03-23 02:10:27 +0000 UTC]

my pleasure. thank you for your interest....

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masonmouse [2013-06-14 05:03:12 +0000 UTC]

I don't know if it's because I'm using a newer version of Inkscape (0.48.4) or what, but I didn't have any luck getting this to work until I selected Opacity instead of Color under the first section in the Trace dialogue. Then it worked great. Thanks!

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istarlome In reply to masonmouse [2013-06-14 11:50:34 +0000 UTC]

thanks for looking....

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VoaxmasterSpydre [2012-08-01 21:00:52 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU!! Just...thank you!! I've been looking for something like this for AGES!

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istarlome In reply to VoaxmasterSpydre [2012-08-02 10:41:20 +0000 UTC]

geen probleem nie

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VoaxmasterSpydre In reply to istarlome [2012-08-02 16:53:52 +0000 UTC]

Baie goed

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AmineShow [2012-02-19 22:40:22 +0000 UTC]

Made me discover that feature, i think that I'll have fun playing with it!, thank's!

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Tribrush [2011-06-25 16:55:04 +0000 UTC]

I've been searching for this tutorial....thank you ^_^
but it was hard to read some parts of your tutorial because of that background XD

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chrono-strife [2011-04-21 16:50:03 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial. I'm surely going to use it!!

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altanimator [2011-02-25 04:14:29 +0000 UTC]

Yay! more effects to tinker~

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RubenRocanlover [2010-11-10 10:21:33 +0000 UTC]

very helpful!

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lunke13 [2010-08-25 15:25:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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istarlome In reply to lunke13 [2010-08-25 23:17:12 +0000 UTC]

and thank you. part two and a method to do the same thing in gimp can be found in my gallery.

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lunke13 In reply to istarlome [2010-08-26 09:00:40 +0000 UTC]

So I have seen, thanks for that too

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lenindcruz [2010-03-06 14:12:20 +0000 UTC]

Hey,
I searched on Google for how to do half tones, and found this one. I have yet to read through it to see it if there's any similarity to the Youtube video I saw. But my question is, was the dream thingy just a joke or or it really happened? I suppose it's a good habit if you really write down your dreams

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istarlome In reply to lenindcruz [2010-03-06 15:49:59 +0000 UTC]

oh, i also figured out how to do halftones in gimp. it's in my gallery.

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lenindcruz In reply to istarlome [2010-03-07 03:23:30 +0000 UTC]

Yup, Thanks a lot

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istarlome In reply to lenindcruz [2010-03-06 15:48:57 +0000 UTC]

the youtube tutorial is based on mine. yes the dream thing is real. do a search on "creative dreaming". you'll find books and other info on the subject.

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lenindcruz In reply to istarlome [2010-03-07 03:23:16 +0000 UTC]

Well, I used to read a lot about these things, but laziness prevented me from taking my own habits seriously But, the idea of getting creative things 'out of nowhere' in our heads always interested me

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mrfr0g [2010-01-14 00:41:38 +0000 UTC]

Very cool!!

I found a way to ajust the "angle" for dots shifting the tiles. On "Shift" tab, setting Per row, "Shift X" to 50% and checking "Alternate".

Thanks! o/

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PO8 In reply to mrfr0g [2010-11-06 04:57:51 +0000 UTC]

If you want some arbitrary angle, you can rotate the underlying image before you start, do the halftoning, and then rotate the halftone back into place. This is a good idea if you are going to combine different-colored halftone screens, so that they overlay properly.

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DiSmeCha [2009-06-29 19:49:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you !
It helps a lot !!

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Legato1 [2009-06-01 19:52:02 +0000 UTC]

Nice work *istarlome!

Is there a way to do the same for gradients (instead of blur)?

When I try it on a gradient background I just get same-sized spheres

..and yes, I'm a newbie

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istarlome In reply to Legato1 [2009-06-02 01:19:22 +0000 UTC]

i tried several gradients and it worked fine.

1. make the gradient (in black to white or reverse)
2. do the newsprint: set the cell size you want. then set rgb settings to zero and set oversampling to 14 or 15.

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Legato1 In reply to istarlome [2009-06-02 10:18:13 +0000 UTC]

Nevermind, I got it working now. Suppose I wanted to let the clones grow into each other (ie not be limited by the ones beside them), would that be possible you think?

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Legato1 In reply to istarlome [2009-06-02 08:39:01 +0000 UTC]

I'm a newbie so I'm afraid I don't even understand what you mean by oversampling =/

How come it doesn't work with the same settings as you did in the blur example?

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istarlome In reply to Legato1 [2009-06-02 11:15:19 +0000 UTC]

sorry i read your post wrong. i have a tutorial about halftones in gimp as well. i was describing that one. i'm glad you worked this out.

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mazakala [2009-04-14 16:00:45 +0000 UTC]

Really helpful tutorial!

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istarlome In reply to mazakala [2009-04-16 02:31:06 +0000 UTC]

thanks, you should check out part two as well.

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Nphyx [2009-03-28 05:44:22 +0000 UTC]

Perfect, thanks!

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istarlome In reply to Nphyx [2009-03-29 00:32:23 +0000 UTC]

thanks- part two is in my gallery

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sarmah-cosmic [2009-01-13 19:56:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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chronosphere [2008-12-30 18:38:36 +0000 UTC]

I'm surely going to try this one. Thanks

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istarlome In reply to chronosphere [2009-01-03 01:53:51 +0000 UTC]

cool, be sure to post what you come up with

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hellocatfood [2008-11-28 23:43:39 +0000 UTC]

This is really cool! It works with bitmaps too, so you can instantly create a half-tone of an image

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istarlome In reply to hellocatfood [2008-11-29 01:09:50 +0000 UTC]

i know. i was looking around on the net for how to do this in inkscape and found nothing. then i remembered that cloning can make the clones in different sizes. i messed around with it and came up with the tut.

you can see part two of this as well as a method for gimp in my gallery.

thanks for looking and the comments.

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