I like the stroke trick. I have been doing this for a while, truth be told I usually use Inkscape to make vector half tones, but I never thought to try the stroke trick. I feel silly now. Keep'em coming!
Thanks for another handy video. Can you make a Quick Video and how to best use the Brush Overlay tool in the Develop persona? How to make and use selections, and what adjustments are available with this tool. Thanks,
Thanks for the suggestion, @stevesampson3780! I will add it to my list. I haven't done any content on the Develop Persona, so that is probably something I need to address soon.
Steps to Create a Warped Halftone Effect Without Distorting Circles: Create a Base Circle and Make it a Symbol: Draw a small perfect circle using the Ellipse Tool (M). Hold down Shift to keep it uniform. Select the circle, go to Window> Symbols to open the Symbols panel. In the Symbols panel, click Create to turn the circle into a symbol. This way, when the grid is warped, each instance of the circle will remain unchanged. Create the Grid of Circles: Duplicate the circle by pressing Ctrl + J (or Cmd + J on Mac) and moving the duplicates to form a row. Select all the circles in the row, group them (Ctrl + G), and then duplicate the row to create the grid of circles. Ensure the grid is well-aligned by using snapping or aligning features. Group the Grid: Once your grid of symbols is complete, select all the rows of circles and group them together (Ctrl + G). Warp the Grid (Not the Circles): With the entire grid group selected, go to Layer > New Live Filter Layer > Distort > Mesh Warp. Adjust the mesh to warp the grid as you like. Since the circles are symbols, the individual circles will not be warped-only the positions of the circles in the grid will be affected. Adjust the Size and Spacing: After warping, you can still adjust the grid’s overall size or the spacing between the circles by selecting and transforming the group or by modifying the original symbol. By using Symbols in this way, you can maintain the integrity of the individual circles while applying a warp to their arrangement, achieving the halftone effect without distorting the circles themselves.
Hi @alinaozolin3975, for the vector method, I'm not sure of a way to make a circular gradient easily. If you do have Affinity Photo, it can be done in that program by applying the half-tone pattern to a radial gradient. But keep in mind that it will not be a vector result. Hope this helps!
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Awesome man. Straight to the point and some cool examples of playing around with it. 👊
I like the stroke trick. I have been doing this for a while, truth be told I usually use Inkscape to make vector half tones, but I never thought to try the stroke trick. I feel silly now. Keep'em coming!
excellent trick... awesome!
Great Tutorial !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Great Tutorial !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quick and easy explanation. Thx so much!
Amazing tutorial never knew I could click and drag over the words
Thank you random stranger 👍
Thanks Trent!
Thanks for another handy video. Can you make a Quick Video and how to best use the Brush Overlay tool in the Develop persona? How to make and use selections, and what adjustments are available with this tool. Thanks,
Thanks for the suggestion, @stevesampson3780! I will add it to my list. I haven't done any content on the Develop Persona, so that is probably something I need to address soon.
Need Power Doublication on IPad too. Thanks for explanation - good tutorial
Clicking and dragging over the text in a dupplicate menu 😮 - I would never guess it's possible. How do you find such useful options? 😮Thanks!
Thanks. Can mimic some of the techniques I use in Inkscape.
Great great great great thanks thanks thanks 😂😂😂
Is there a way to make the gardient circular? Like you start from the center of the circle and the dots get smaller from there?
Steps to Create a Warped Halftone Effect Without Distorting Circles:
Create a Base Circle and Make it a Symbol:
Draw a small perfect circle using the Ellipse Tool (M). Hold down Shift to keep it uniform.
Select the circle, go to Window> Symbols to open the Symbols panel.
In the Symbols panel, click Create to turn the circle into a symbol. This way, when the grid is warped, each instance of the circle will remain unchanged.
Create the Grid of Circles:
Duplicate the circle by pressing Ctrl + J (or Cmd + J on Mac) and moving the duplicates to form a row.
Select all the circles in the row, group them (Ctrl + G), and then duplicate the row to create the grid of circles.
Ensure the grid is well-aligned by using snapping or aligning features.
Group the Grid:
Once your grid of symbols is complete, select all the rows of circles and group them together (Ctrl + G).
Warp the Grid (Not the Circles):
With the entire grid group selected, go to Layer > New Live Filter Layer > Distort > Mesh Warp.
Adjust the mesh to warp the grid as you like. Since the circles are symbols, the individual circles will not be warped-only the positions of the circles in the grid will be affected.
Adjust the Size and Spacing:
After warping, you can still adjust the grid’s overall size or the spacing between the circles by selecting and transforming the group or by modifying the original symbol.
By using Symbols in this way, you can maintain the integrity of the individual circles while applying a warp to their arrangement, achieving the halftone effect without distorting the circles themselves.
Hi @alinaozolin3975, for the vector method, I'm not sure of a way to make a circular gradient easily. If you do have Affinity Photo, it can be done in that program by applying the half-tone pattern to a radial gradient. But keep in mind that it will not be a vector result. Hope this helps!
Thanks for this explanation, @vrsecky100...I will try to give it a look this week.
dude this is great! But this shit does not work on the version that I have
Hi David, sorry to hear that. Which version of the software are you on?