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1. Re: Filter Gallery - Halftone Filter Unpredictable
R_Kelly Nov 9, 2013 12:25 PM (in response to thanser)Is your text layer black?
Try using a different color text or even white and then vary the colors in the toolbox.
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2. Re: Filter Gallery - Halftone Filter Unpredictable
thanser Nov 9, 2013 12:36 PM (in response to R_Kelly)It was black, but I've tried red (rasterized) text, to know avail.
It seems to work occasionally, but I can't nail down what the problem is.
Halftone filter doesn't work with black or white text or fills? How can that be?
I'm looking for a plugin - using this halftone filter to create lines to the exact width I want is too limited.
Thanks!
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3. Re: Filter Gallery - Halftone Filter Unpredictable
csuebele Nov 9, 2013 12:48 PM (in response to thanser)If you're actually trying to use the halftone pattern on a fill layer, which is a solid color layer, it will not work. You need to use it on a pixel based layer. For the rasterized text layer, it will only apply to the text and not the transparency, and if you text is black, it will create a halftome pattern that is all black. Try white or better gray text. Yes, this filter is crude for trying to make exact lines. I often just create a large lined layer then size it down to what I want rather than trying to be exact with the filter. Then use blending modes or whatever else you're trying to do with this lined layer. But trying to apply to a rasterized text layer it going to give you issues.
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4. Re: Filter Gallery - Halftone Filter Unpredictable
thanser Nov 9, 2013 1:04 PM (in response to csuebele)Thank you.
Strange behavior. It WILL apply to red filled layer, but not white or black.
And on a print-res sized file, you can never get the lines to the size you need them to be. So, this filter technique really has it's limitations.
Thanks again.
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5. Re: Filter Gallery - Halftone Filter Unpredictable
csuebele Nov 9, 2013 1:38 PM (in response to thanser)Yes, it does have it's limitations, but it is a very useful filter. It is acting normal in that a halftone pattern changes size based on the image being halftoned. so a white image should be more or less just white, and same with black. A 50% gray should give you equal amounts of whatever two colors you have selected as you foreground and background colors.
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6. Re: Filter Gallery - Halftone Filter Unpredictable
thanser Nov 9, 2013 1:56 PM (in response to csuebele)Thanks again.
For now, I'm switching back to creating a pattern fill that I can create to the exact color and dimensions I need.
(I've used PS professionally for 15 years and suddenly I was stumped by this filter not doing what I wanted it to!)



