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...
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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see
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but it was hard to read some parts of your tutorial because of that background XD
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
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/
It helps a lot !!
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
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.
How come it doesn't work with the same settings as you did in the blur example?
you can see part two of this as well as a method for gimp in my gallery.
thanks for looking and the comments.