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Halftone Dot Screen

dither, printing & texture

Typeface · Oswald

Real-world algorithm demonstration, applied to a NASA portrait.
Real-world algorithm demonstration, applied to a NASA portrait.Image: NASA / Eileen Collins · scikit-image (public domain)View source ↗

Prompt

Transform this image into a Halftone Dot Screen print with black circular dots on clean white paper. Arrange dot centers on a fixed, slightly rotated square grid, enlarging dots in shadows and shrinking them in highlights. Use crisp ink edges and no continuous gray. Keep the original subject and composition.

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Identify

Brightness transforms into a dot pattern.

Principle

The dot size corresponds to the local tonal value1 in fixed grid cells2. Try changing the grid size and rotation.

Classification

Calculated image processing result.

Further examples · 7 images

Halftone screen
02 Halftone screenA pattern of overlapping cyan, magenta, and yellow circles is visible on a white background. It illustrates how various dot sizes and rotations in a halftone screen simulate different color tones.Magica · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cmyk AM screen
03 Cmyk AM screenA close-up view of a printed cat image shows overlapping cyan, magenta, yellow, and black dot grids. Each color uses fixed grid cells where dot size varies according to local density, creating tonal ranges.Yamo74 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ion Milu colorized
04 Ion Milu colorizedThis colorized portrait exhibits a visible screen pattern of small dots. The local tonal values of the face and uniform are achieved by varying the size of dots within a fixed grid, characteristic of commercial offset printing.CODEX · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The Yankee in Quebec (1901) (14580206977)
05 The Yankee in Quebec (1901) (14580206977)A photographic portrait is reproduced using a distinct halftone screen. The image shows how continuous tones in the plants and clothing are converted into a grid of dots to facilitate ink distribution on paper.Internet Archive Book Images · No restrictions · Wikimedia Commons
Test Screens. Halftone process in printing. img 04
06 Test Screens. Halftone process in printing. img 04The image is rendered using a coarse grid of black dots on a white background. It shows how varying dot sizes simulate continuous tones in a landscape photograph through a traditional printing screen.Dmitry Makeev · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AI illustration: A monochrome portrait uses a uniform grid of black dots on a yellow backg
07 AI illustration: A monochrome portrait uses a uniform grid of black dots on a yellow backgA monochrome portrait uses a uniform grid of black dots on a yellow background. Larger dots create shadows while smaller dots define highlights, accurately simulating the halftone process.Illustration generated for the Atlas (AI)