Creating half tone

[NeilRoss]

Chris – not sure if you mean graduated tones within closed vector shapes. If so create your shape and then select the Fill Tool. From the fly-out menu select Fountain Fill and a dialogue box will pop-up. Select the colours for From/To – that’s it. Many more variations and you can create your own (Custom) variations from the same dialogue.

Hope this helps.

[Chris Wool]

thanks Neil i understand that way but not whats required, don’t worry somebody knows what i mean.

[Denise Goodfellow]

Hi Chris

We sometimes use this method when screen printing. Sorry don`t use corel much, I use signlab

I make a circle the size I require, then array using the size of the circle as the space between the arrayed objects. I do 1 line across and 1 line up.

I then take the bottom line and move it so its in the middle on the above line, then group both lines and array again upwards.

I then take the area i want to fill with halftones, place in the area required and weld, delete the dots I don`t want and Robs your uncle.

My stepson does it so it fades into a solid, similar way using different sized dots.

[Gary Birch]

Hi Chris
This may help. https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=17625

I think that that is what you are looking for anyway.

Cheers

Gary

[NeilRoss]

quote Chris Wool:

thanks Neil i understand that way but not whats required, don’t worry somebody knows what i mean.

OK I see what you mean now. My brain must have been in ‘halftone’ gear when I replied.

[Mike Grant]

Neil, I think you are confusing "Halftone" with a "Fade fill" Halftone is a picture made up of tiny little dots of varying size and colour as per newspaper printing and a fade fill is just that a fill that fades smoothly from one colour to another.

[Mike Grant]

Chris, in X3 look under "Bitmaps" then "Colour Transform" then "Halftone"
I have no idea how it works as I have never needed that function but it is there.

[NeilRoss]

quote Mike Grant:

Neil, I think you are confusing “Halftone” with a “Fade fill” Halftone is a picture made up of tiny little dots of varying size and colour as per newspaper printing and a fade fill is just that a fill that fades smoothly from one colour to another.

Yes Mike – see my earlier reply. Just need to put my brain into gear before replying in future 😉

[David Rogers]

https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … t=halftone

https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … t=halftone

https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … t=halftone

should be some info here.

Dave

[Chris Wool]

thanks for replies .

Denise done that before but for this job would be to difficult complex
mike that does work but is a bit map and i loose the colour control
Gary that demo is a stunning example of getting round the problem. i did not understand the process the first time around, so will have to read it again and again.

will have to play more it is to simulate high quality screen printing look and i do prefer the halftone look rather than naff fade

cheers all

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