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Hey, can anyone help me out here... I'm designing a banner [in Illustrator] in a pseudo kind of retro SuperHeroes sort of style, and I want to apply a halftone effect to the background - I know exactly how I want it to look - green graduating to yellow, with the halftone circles clearly visible. I know how to create halftone effects in PhotoShop, but, for various reasons, I need to create this effect as vector artwork in Illustrator [10/CS]... Can anyone help?! I've often wondered if there was an easy way to do this in Illustrator - there must be surely - and now I really need to find out how!!
Many good wishes in advance · TeeKay
ylaenna
08-03-2004, 07:32 PM
I'm not sure, but I think you can do it by using Blend between, say, a large green circle and a small yellow circle. This will create one row which you can then make multiple copies of.
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ylaenna
08-03-2004, 07:32 PM
Oh, and welcome to the GDF. :)
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PrintDriver
08-03-2004, 08:50 PM
This thread had a way to get the round dots using Flash.
graphicdesignforum.com/default.aspx?f=12&m=54955 (http://graphicdesignforum.com/default.aspx?f=12&m=54955)
Sometimes you can use Filter>Pixelate>Color halftone. Sometimes.
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Holliday
08-03-2004, 10:25 PM
PD that last line reminds me of the one from alien (or aliens, I can't remember which. the one with the little girl and bill paxton).
Mostly they come out at night. Mostly.
ylaenna
08-04-2004, 12:47 AM
Yer silly. :)
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iwansugiharto
08-04-2004, 07:46 AM
i dont get what u mean. make an example on photoshop. n i will tell u in illustrator
PrintDriver
08-04-2004, 06:32 PM
Ylaenna, I like your method.
TK, something like this?
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Cheers for the tips guys! I tried Ylaenna's way, it came out exactly how I wanted it to... However, due to my client being a bit of a git, the job has now been canned. What a jib!!!! I was doing a good job an all - and enjoying it. Oh well!
Cheers again :)
Hmmm... I been thinking bout this now.
Although I did what I needed on the job, it's still a pretty inflexible way of achieving the effect - as is the Flash method. Surely some enterprising young someone out there may have created an Illustrator filter for this..? Anyone know any decent sources for filters? Or is that a daft question...
beanz
08-05-2004, 02:37 PM
Good luck with that... I've noticed there are a million resources out there for photoshop, but if you want to find something for Illustrater...... Few and far between!?!
http://sighost.fuelie.org/accounts/beanz/beanz_17.jpg
http://dabeanz.deviantart.com
PrintDriver
08-05-2004, 06:33 PM
Write to this guy. He creates em for fun and sometimes profit.
personalpages.tds.net/~graffix/software/plugins.html (http://personalpages.tds.net/~graffix/software/plugins.html)
His other plug-ins are great. I use his Select Menu all the time. And the Freebies are useful too. And a couple other ones on there.
PrintDriver is a large format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing
Post Edited (PrintDriver) : 8/5/2004 2:38:29 PM GMT
PrintDriver
08-05-2004, 06:37 PM
Beanz-
here's a bunch for illy.
www.pluginsworld.com/adobe/illustrator/plugin.php?editor=498&application=102 (http://www.pluginsworld.com/adobe/illustrator/plugin.php?editor=498&application=102)
PrintDriver is a large format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing