iuli Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 (edited) This is not much, it’s a simple .afdesign file that turns photos into pre-digital vintage-like printing halftones (the industry standard here is affinity, not the lame PSD). It is of course compatible with both Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer. Sorry for the big size (over 400mb), it’s because all halftones and maps are ‘heavy’ (I didn’t want to ‘reduce’ them). I made all the files included here over the years, for halftone brushes and styles. The process is simple, and the user has complete control over the final result. I think the file is self-explanatory even for newer users. Instructions inside (and below). Edit, for new users: to have greater control over dark go to “adjustments” / gradient map. It’s one of the most important adjustment, and I should have let it outside. (If they’re too big please let me know and I will upload the files to mediafire) Template is 5000px X 5000px. A quick, soundless and boring video overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5A8C5vk3Fs The resulting halftone file is pixel-perfect. There are two files available for download below, one with dot halftones and one with line halftones. They’re obviously intended for Affinity users only. Resulted images can be used for any purpose without any worries. Maybe someone will find these useful. All the best! line_halftones.afdesign dot_halftones.afdesign Edited April 5, 2022 by iuli Improved description Rudolphus, Hilltop, Patrick Connor and 11 others 6 8 Quote StudioLink 256gb 11’ M1 iPad Pro iPadOS 17 Public Beta 1 iPad Magic Keyboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoSchw Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Hi iuli, for me the size of the datas ist too big, can#T download them:-(( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azetina Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Amazing, thanks for sharing! iuli 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgraphic Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Hello, Great, I agree quite amazing !! Hope I'll find some time to dig into it. Just a question: I cannot find why I cannot resize the document, the menu is greyed out. Is there something locked ? or because of some filters ? Thanks ! iuli 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 4, 2022 Staff Share Posted April 4, 2022 Hi @sbgraphic, What application are you using? Affinity Designer or Photo? I'm asking because the process is a bit different depending on the app you are using. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgraphic Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Hi in this case i just tried in Photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 17 minutes ago, sbgraphic said: Hi in this case i just tried in Photo The document has Artboards, which removes the possibility of resizing the document. Each Artboard is, in a sense, an independent document with its own size. Even in Designer you must resize the Artboards, instead. sbgraphic 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgraphic Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Okay Thanks, as I've opened this document in Photo i have not thought about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 You're welcome. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted April 4, 2022 Staff Share Posted April 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: The document has Artboards, which removes the possibility of resizing the document. Not necessarily. In this case, deleting the artboard (select the artboard layer and press Delete in your keyboard keeping the objects when prompted if you want to do so) will allow you to resize the document via Document > Resize. walt.farrell 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuli Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 As I said in the description, the resulting file is pixel-perfect and can be exported at any larger size without loss of clarity. Resizing the document, apart from the fact itself of trying "if it works", brings, in my opinion, no benefit. The project is put in an artboard to facilitate cropping files of different proportions than square. Cropping this way is easier with both Photo and Designer. To use the cropping tool, one has to put all the content in an Archive first, which is an unwanted extra step (I think). IMG_1185.MOV walt.farrell 1 Quote StudioLink 256gb 11’ M1 iPad Pro iPadOS 17 Public Beta 1 iPad Magic Keyboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbgraphic Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Hi, nice thank you for the update. My concern about resizing the main document was more about, how could I define/know the halftone definition at a given print resolution (e.g. size of the halftone stitch) in order to see the effect properly or at a desired printed size, specially if you have multiple image at various size (or resolution). Now I better understand the fact that you first choose to frame one or multiple image around the desired effect, then you export the result (if I get properly). I have to play around a little and I guess it easier in Designer, i should tried in Designer first. However, I am not sure to understand the meaning of "pixel-perfect" in this case. Thanks again for this nice sharing give away ! By the way, the youtube link above is private so I cannot view it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becoming Jerome Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Brillant stuff, thanks for sharing ! iuli 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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