hello guys, it's westbay
good morning, afternoon, evening to all
let's make a tutorial of the halftone process in dtf printing
first, let's find an image to use
let's pick the lion image
then save it
then after that go to file, open and choose the lion image
the go to image, image size and turn the width to 10inch and resolution to 300
after converting to 300 resolution press ctrl - to make it smaller then duplicate
after you duplicate go to image, mode then converts it to CMYK. in layers, press channels and split channels.
after that, you will for tabs cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
delete the 3 and leave the black
then go to image mode, bitmap output is 300 and frequency 35 angles 22.5 shapes is an eclipse
I always choose the eclipse shape because the dots are connected so the glue on the back will be connected too and it makes the print durable
after that go to image, mode, and grayscale. ration 1 and press ok
after that go to select, colour range then fuzziness to 100
then click the second image background
then press magic wand and then drag the selection into the original image and then double click the layer to unlock
if the colours got deleted just press select and inverse
press control + d
then add another layer and fill it with black colour because we are going to print it to a black shirt
so that's it guys it is now halftoned.
now go to eraser tool and set to a soft brush and make it bigger and delete anything that you want to remove and it will create a gradient effect.
then after that, you can add any adjustments that you like
I mostly use curves in halftone. it makes the print look better. and you can add vibrancy, brightness and so on...
and then when you are already satisfied with the image, press the 3 layers while holding the shift button to merge them all.
then put your halftone image to tshirt to check and see how it will look like so you can add any more adjustments. ok that's it guys thanks