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Halftone guides
Illustrated how-tos for making halftones that print well — every figure is rendered by the same engine as the generator.
- What is a halftone? How halftone dots workA visual explanation of halftones: how dots of one ink fake shades of grey, what cell size, LPI, screen angle and dot shape mean, and where halftones are used today.
- How to make halftones for screen printingHow to make halftones that actually print on a shirt: choosing LPI for your mesh, the 22.5° angle, minimum and maximum dot, dot gain and exporting film-ready files.
- DTF halftones: printing gradients and shadows cleanlyWhy soft shadows and fades print badly on DTF transfers, and how to halftone them onto a transparent background for breathable, clean prints — with settings that work.
- CMYK halftone angles and moiré explainedWhy CMYK halftone screens use 15°, 75°, 0° and 45°, what moiré and rosettes are, and how to pick angles for process printing, screen printing and pop-art effects.
- How to make line halftone art (and export it as SVG)Create engraving-style line halftone art from a photo: line spacing and angle, contrast and clean vector SVG export for print, plotters and lasers.
- Dot gain, minimum dot and maximum dotWhat dot gain is, why printed halftones come out darker than the screen, and how to use dot gain compensation, minimum dot and maximum dot to keep highlights and shadows.