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Halftones

Halftoning is the process of turning continuous tone grayscale or color images into a series of dots for printing that fool the eye. Learn the ins and outs of halftones, screens, traditional and digital halftoning techniques.

Halftone Basics

Halftone images contain a series of dots in a specific pattern that simulate the look of a continuous tone image. Learn about black & white and color halftones.

Halftone Screens and Line Art

Learn about scanning lineart along with tips on halftoning.

Halftone Screens and Dots

Halftone screens, dot shape, and other related tips with illustrations from Ron Woolley.

Halftones

From Marvin's Corner and Printing 101, "how to make gray using tiny dots of black ink."

Linescreens

Illustrated examples of linescreens for different applications from Printing 101 at Marvin's Corner.

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