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Creating a CMYK Halftone Effect in Photoshopby =GoaliGrlTilDeath

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Look! A tutorial! :dummy:
I've been working on a MASSIVE Illustrator tutorial, but in the meantime I thought I'd make this tutorial. I've used this several times at work and always end up having to comb Google to remind myself how it works. So, to save myself and you time and energy, here's how!

If you're curious as the what the heck I'm talking about in that intro with CMYK and printing and whatchamacallit, here's a good explanation of what I couldn't explain: Marvin's Corner: Halftones and CMYK Printing, or, we could rely on good ole' Wikipedia.

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If you guys have any ideas for other types of tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign that you'd like to see, let me know. I'm well versed in all three and I enjoyed making this!

Edit: Um, wow! I didn't expect to get 42 favs in two hours! Since I can't thank you all personally, seriously, THANK YOU. I appreciate that you think this is helpful enough to save it for future use! And also seriously, suggest ideas for future tutorials!
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~Rusca8 May 25, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Great work! I was just wondering what was that pattern in some printed photos hahaha now I know it, and I know how to do it! :)
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=GoaliGrlTilDeath May 25, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Yup! Usually printers don't want you to actually SEE this pattern because seeing it means the print quality isn't good, but that doesn't mean you can't make use of it for artistic effect :giggle:
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~Rusca8 Jun 14, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
:D
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~darkside-ky May 22, 2012
I can't wait for the day when Magazines can print in higher quality than CMYK though...whenever I scan pictures off a magazine, I always have to Gaussian Blur it to get a solid image. :/
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=GoaliGrlTilDeath May 22, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Tisk tisk. Scanning magazines is copyright infringement. Tisk tisk tisk :giggle:

There are processes out there that are more than four colour-- the wide format printer we use at work is 8 colour and we'll be replacing it with I believe a 16 colour version soon. Even for large press printers you can include individual "spot" colours to your print, however that all costs money. 4 colour printing allows for full colour with the fewest number of colours used, meaning fewest screens, meaning lowest cost.

TL;DR: Once a process is developed where additional colours didn't cost more money, we might see that but right now not cost effective :giggle:
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~darkside-ky May 22, 2012
;) It's not infringement if I don't make money off it or if it's publically released material that anyone can view! That's why more and more publishers put plastic covers on their issues and books to prevent public viewing! :D Of course, plastic covers can "magically" disappear at times...but most Magazine vendors don't notice that. That's why the first part about 'not making money off it' is so important.

Unreleased material is mostly kept in private collections. ;)

Here's hoping that day when cheaper and better quality printing methods comes.
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=GoaliGrlTilDeath May 22, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Eeeh its sticky. It depends on how you use it, what portion is being used, and a lot of factors. Reproducing anything for your own use, for money or not, is typically a copyright violation unless specific permission is given. Educational settings are a bit different if it is for instructional purposes and only a certain percentage of the work is reproduced.

Generally you can get away with using things for non-monetary purposes, but under current US Copyright laws if they really wanted to come after you for using stuff without permission, they typically can. They probably won't, but they legally can. Does that make sense? At work we tell all of our clients that unless we have something in writing from the original copyright holder, we will not allow anything containing copyrighted material to be reproduced.

'Course, that's the real world, and this is the internet, and the internet is a free-for-all, right? :dummy: <sarcasm detected>
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~darkside-ky May 22, 2012
Well, most of the stuff I have is artbook stuff or stuff that can generally be found on the source material's official website.

In my case, I already asked, and that was the response they gave me...plus I'm spreading hype and information regarding the material they made by doing so, so they don't mind. :lol:
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=GoaliGrlTilDeath May 22, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
:giggle: I understand. I've been trained to be better safe than sorry and I'm too broke to risk a lawsuit :dummy:
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*Ninina-nini May 22, 2012
Now this might come handy! Thank you for sharing.

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