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I have fumbled around with a couple of attempts-- the one that worked for me was sorta "oldschool": Design a gradient fade (black to white), print to a postcript printer, changing the lpi (lines per inch) to about 5 (default is about 80 on my printer) this prints the image with the halftone dot pattern similar to the above. Scan the printout and run it thru CorelTRACE or other tracing software-- you have a vector image of the dot pattern effect. You can experiment with different sizes of dots or other postscript options like varying lines, different angles, etc.
-------------------- Michael Clanton Clanton Graphics/ Blackberry 19 Studio 1933 Blackberry Conway AR 72034 501-505-6794 clantongraphics@yahoo.com Posts: 1736 | From: Conway Arkansas | Registered: Oct 2001
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it seems like that would take a while if i had a certain design that I wanted to put that effect to like for instance a skull head, then I want that effect behind it. I'm thinking it would take a while to get all the angles right with that method. Is there any other easier way to do it?
There was a free program from Xara, I think, called "raster". The program doesn't install, but instead opens from an .exe file. I have the file, but I don't remember what the website it that I got it from.
Anyway, you can either paste something in from your clipboard or open a bitmap image, and the program will create the image in vector halftones. It has various settings you can play with. It's worked pretty good for what I needed it for at the time, and I always kept the program in my arsenal.
As I said, the little program is called "raster", and I think the company that made it was xara or something.
Let me know if you would like the program, I can email it to you (it was freeware).
-------------------- Randy Graphic Details Promotional Merchandise Distributor South Glens Falls, NY Posts: 381 | From: South Glens Falls, NY USA | Registered: Mar 2001
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You can do this in Corel PhotoPaint - which you should have if you've got CorelDraw. I guess if you need it as a vector, you could then trace it.
As an example, create a graduated gray-scale fade in Photopaint, then go to Effects -> Color Transform -> Halftone. You can play around with the settings for dot size, angle, etc.
-------------------- Graham Parsons Signs 'n Such Ltd Swift Current Saskatchewan Canada. www.signsnsuch.com
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