Photoshop :: Vector Halftones-Illustrator
May 7, 2006
This is really an Illy question directed to Sir Scott, but if anyone out there has some Illy prowess, please chime in. I'm referring to Scott's example in post #6 of this thread.
I can create a dot pattern, no problem, creating swatches, patterns, or using blends, but where I'm hitting the wall is the gradient effect. Tried opacity masks, but that doesn't cut it. One other question I have is, what technique would I use if I wanted an offset dot pattern, say 45°.
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Sep 17, 2012
Im creating a poster design in illustrator. I need to use halftones. Is there a free or cheap plug in to illustrator to do this? I dont like the illustrator halftone effect that comes with the program ... and i dont know how to use photoshop to do halftones and then put them back into illustrator to keep working ... I probably sound like i dont know what im talking about but is there a plug in for illustrator besides phantom cs is all im wondering.
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Dec 7, 2012
how I can get halftone lines to print? No matter what options I chose in the print dialog box > output, NOTHING works. It just prints out the gradient.
Running CS6 on Mac 10.7.5
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Feb 12, 2014
Is there a quick and easy way to convert halftones into opacities?
For example, if I have an element with a 50% black fill, is there a way (besides manually) to convert to a solid black fill with a 50% opacity? This is, of course, a simplified example. But consider artwork with a large variety of halftones that I would like to be scales of opacity instead. As you can imagine, it would be mindnumbingly tedious to have to adjust manually across the entire artwork.
The primary use of this would be in recoloring art containing halftones. If I select a different swatch that I want as the new base color, the entire artwork is recolored at 100%, instead of retaining the appropriate halftones. I know I could use the "Recolor Artwork" method, but it would be much simpler to simply have the halftones set as opacities and be able to select any color that strikes my fancy on the fly from the main color palette.
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Feb 22, 2013
I'm using A Mac OS 10.6.8, and Illustrator CS5. I do garment screen printing. In my designs I use a gradient, which needs to have the halftone dots controlled, and a certain size, to expose properly on my screens to then print. I can't seem to figure out how to adjust the frequency or LPI, and the angle so that they work. It still prints out as a seen on screen
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Jul 18, 2012
I'll omit the long background --- suffice it to say I did this once and need to do it again, but can't recall the toolchain / workflow I used.
I _think_ it was Macromedia FreeHand 8, and that I used a plug-in w/in that program, but I can't recall. Any way other than rendering the drawing as a half-toned bitmap and then tracing it? Or re-drawing the image on top of such a bitmap?
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Apr 20, 2013
I've been using Illustrator since the late 80's but this request just now came up for the first time, twice in one day: the clients each want me to send them layered files (OK-no problem) wherein all the layers, even the raster layers, register as vector layers. Or at least all the layers, regardless of file-type (vector or raster) are contained within an unflattened Illustrator file. One of the clients specifically asked that the Type layer (No problem-all the type is on one layer) be "vector mapped", whatever that means, while all the other layers can be Photoshop layers, if necessary. So how do I hand them an open, unflattened Illustrator file containing both vector art and raster art? Can it be done in Acrobat, as a PDF? I'm working in AI and PS CS5, but I can and will upgrade if I have to.
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Apr 26, 2004
how to set up a digital picture in Photoshop so it looks good printed. I am unsure how to do somethings in the instructions. These are the instructions.
Digital files: 300 dpi
Shadow Dot: 87
Highlight Dot: 9
85 Line Screen
Round Dot
Save picture as RGB file, adjust excess colors before convert to Grayscale.
I Know how to make round dots, and I kind of know how to adjust color, I also know how to convert to Grayscale. But everything else confuses me.
How do I set the Shadow dot and Highlight dot?
And where can I change the dpi?
And how do I set the Line Screen?
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May 21, 2012
I do not get the same results with grayscale images reproduced as halftones. While they are not true grayscale prints, the inkjet prints of grayscale images that I print from Photoshop always look good.
However when I see the final publication 20-30% of the halftone images will look dull. Is there some way to better visualize with Photoshop what a grayscale image will look like when printed in halftone?
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Nov 25, 2012
I set up films for screenprinting for remote clents, so work at 35, 45 and 55 lpi a lot. The best way, of course, is to save a pdf with postcript halftones and angles set correctly and have the client print to film through their RIP. Most of my clients don't have RIPs and never will. So I end up working with the bitmap/halftone settings in Phtoshop a lot. It takes a long time. If I could print photoshop or Illustrator seps to hi rez .tiffs (I know they have to be 1200 ppi, but we can work with that) through a RIP via a virtual printer or some other thing, it would save me a lot of time.
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Oct 31, 2011
I know there has been some discussion on this board about printing halftones, but I am still having trouble printing halftones. I have a "dell 1133" printer.
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Apr 5, 2013
I have a new HP Laserjet M712 B&W printer to replace my aging HP 5000 printer. I'm using X3 & X5 and have installed the HP Universal Postscript driver. The printer is Postscript 3 emulation capable. I have all the settings in the print dialog of Corel the same as the settings from my HP5000 printer, but the new printer fails to print halftones or "dots". The halftone areas are still printing as a solid although I have my screen frequency at 45lpi. Is this a Corel issue or is it a Windows 7 problem, or some kind of user error.
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Nov 29, 2011
I've been using Corel X4 extensively for the last year to create screenprint designs for the company I now work for. Although some of my designs are extremely complex, they are straight 1-5 colors, which I seperate for printing myself.
My boss has purchased RIP software which I have a vague knowledge of using, however, I have no clue how to actually create the design that would need a halftone print and therefore, have never used the expensive RIP software to print with.
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Dec 13, 2012
I was using Ghostscript and CorelDRAW X5 and it worked great, now have a new computer and dont see it loaded anymore, but does CorelDRAW x6 ( which I have now) have a Ghostscript built into it?what are the exact steps to print halftones? I have a HP P2055dn laser printer
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Sep 29, 2004
I want to learn how to use Illustrator since most of my graphical knowledge is for photoshop and flash. Since Illustrator is a great vector program I'd like to learn how to make them. I've searched all over the internet for tutorials on how to use the program and to make vector art but I havnt been able to find any good tutorials. Can someone point me in the direction of some good tutorials on how to do vector art? Or if someone wants to write a tutorial on it ...
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Sep 13, 2004
I have only just got into using illustrator, after using photoshop for ages and getting bored with it, I have just made a vector image taken from a stock photo >here< at the moment it consists of 4 layers, one background white layer, a layer which has all the colour fills on, a layer with the outlines on it, and a final layer with some touch ups.
I realise now I should have made it in a much bigger size as I have been working on it at 400% and then scaled it down again on the nav and it just looks pathetic.
is there a way of resizing it as it is? or would I have to mess around with different progs and file formats?
I have had a quick browse to see if theres a thread on this subject, but cant seem to see anything of use.
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Sep 10, 2012
Whenever I try to copy paste a vector from Illustrator (CS6 64) to Photoshop (CS6 64) I get the following error:
I'm on Windows 7 and have my Scratch disks set to non-system drives. Have checked permissions and nothing is Read Only.
I can paste as Shape and Shape Layer but not Pixels or Smart Object.
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Feb 9, 2014
The PS file InDesign CS6 generated to use to import into Acrobat for printer spreads has pixelated halftones. Is this a problem with InDesign CS6? Does it contain a post script driver?
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Dec 19, 2012
I used to be able to copy a shape in Illustrator, paste it in Photoshop, and then duplicate the shape layer, removing what I wanted from each layer.
Now that doesn't seem to work, and what's worse, strokes are all messed up - if I apply a stroke to the whole layer, it isn't all visible. If I delete parts of the layer that are unwanted, certain pieces remain invisible, even if I apply a stroke (and fill, for that matter).
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Apr 29, 2013
The item is in full color on Illustrator as im designing it...
as soon as I Drag it over to photoshop it renders it in a diffrent mode...and blacks the image out leaving 1 color.
I am in the same mode in both documents.
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Jan 7, 2013
How can i open up in Indesign or Illustrator photoshop's vector layer. If i pool out this object from Photoshop to Indesign or Illustrator this is rendering object. Why? It's vector object!
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Nov 19, 2013
I'm on this project that i need to digitize an old artwork. It requires vector (AI) & shading (PS).
I have all line art done in AI. There's like 50 layers on it. The original artwork has "shading" and "highlight" on it used by Air brush.
I just want to import all the layers in photoshop at once. It will be time consuming if i do it one by one SO is there any way that I can transfer all the vector path from AI to PS?
I tried Meshtool and its hard to control. Unlike in Brush tool in PS, I got the freedom to adjust the opacity, softness, etc.
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Jan 14, 2006
I am making myself a logo in photoshop. I have made all the letters that will be used, but they are all seperate entities as most of you who have used vectors know. I would like to interconnect the letters, as well as an angel I have made to go above the letters. My question is, how can I join two seperate vector images into one vector image. For example, joining a letter E with a letter D. I wonder if theres a way to do this without having to delete part of each image and then re-draw, which is a pain. Sorry if this isn't really clear, but its hard to explain.
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Jul 27, 2007
Is this possible? I'm in Windows, Photoshop 7.0. I also have a pretty early version of Illustrator, not sure which one.
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Jun 24, 2013
When we try to open smart objects from within Photoshop CC, they're looking for Illustrator CS6. On machines where Illustrator CS6 is uninstalled we get errors. All the file associations in Bridge are correctly set. Is there a way to change the file associations for smart objects?
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Sep 12, 2013
Photoshop CC (Newest update) crashes every time I double-click on a vector-layer created in Illustrator! It should automatically open the layer in Illustrator but all I see is the 'Wheel of Death'!?(OSX 10.8.4 - Adobe CC)
Crash-Log:
Date/Time: 2013-09-12 10:02:42 +0200
OS Version: 10.8.4 (Build 12E55)
Architecture: x86_64
Report Version: 11
[code]...
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Sep 4, 2013
I need to save a vector smart oblect from Photoshop CS6 to an Illustrator file. What's the trick?
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Oct 17, 2006
I was designing a business card as usual and copying some vector images from Illustrator, but when I tried to enter some text it came up blank...the color shows a question mark (?) even after I attempt to change the color.
I've seen the question mark before but all I needed to do in the past was select that little button and change it.
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Sep 10, 2008
When I save my photoshop file as an .eps, I can have all the text from the Photoshop file remain vector, but a Vector Smart Object does not remain vector. Is there a way to have it remain vector?
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Sep 23, 2012
Ps CS6 v13.0.1
OS X 10.6.8
Problem: Ps CS6 incorrectly renders vector objects pasted from Adobe Illustrator. CS5.1 does not exhibit the problem.
Below is screenshot of artwork in Illustrator and which is copied to clipboard, followed by screenshot of "Paste as Smart Object" in Ps CS5.1 then screenshot of same paste in CS6. "Paste as Pixels" gives identical good rendering in CS5.1 and poor rendering (gray pixels which should be pure white in this example) in CS6. This is repeatable with other artwork.
Several weeks ago there was a complaint in this forum that Photoshop CS6 poorly renders vector artwork that is pixel-aligned in Illustrator. The Adobe response was that Photoshop is correct. Strange that CS5.1 can render pasted vector artwork perfectly and only CS6 makes a mess.
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Sep 5, 2012
I have a small picture that I want to make larger. Resizing in Photoshop doesn't work with the clarity. Could I be pointed into the right direction.
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