halftone effect tutorial

Now, I am going to show you the step by step guide to create halftone effects (like what I did on the poster above) in Photoshop. This element is very trendy because it mystifies and captivates your eyes if used with enough contrast.

Step 1 Create a new 500px x 500px document with a 72 dpi resolution. Set the color mode to grayscale.

Step 2 Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to create a circle. Then, go to Select>Modify>Feather or Alt-Ctrl-D (Windows) or Option-Command-D to add feather. Use the settings shown below.

Step 3 Double click the foreground color in the toolbox to choose your desired color. Fill the circle by pressing Alt-DEL (Windows) or Option-DEL (Mac) repeatedly until you have achieved a very intense blob with blurry edges. Press Ctrl-D (Windows) or Command-D (Mac) to Deselect.

Step 4 Go to Image>Mode>Bitmap> and do the settings below.

(the lower the Frequency the bigger the dots will be)

Now your halftone effect is ready ^-^