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    Dedicated line halftone option for the new halftone tool and repeater

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      Li Xiao @Boldline
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      @Boldline The line halftone is already included in the vector halftone.
      0_1765856966095_Line.jpg
      0_1765856978433_line halftone.vstyler

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        Boldline
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        @Li-Xiao Thanks@ obviously I had no gotten far enough into 1.3 in these areas!

        ๐ŸŽ macOS Tahoe 26.2, Mac mini (M1, 2020), Chip Apple M1, Memory 16 GB
        Cintiq 27QHD Display and LG Ultra HD Display

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          Li Xiao @Boldline
          last edited by Li Xiao

          @Boldline You're welcome! 1.3 has so many surprises regarding vector halftoning.

          0_1765861453675_Overlay.jpg
          0_1765863106813_Content.jpg

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            Boldline
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            @Li-Xiao Did you see a way to make the color in the halftone stay a solid black for example? Right now I'm getting a fade from black to grays
            0_1765864352065_f67d066f-8fe5-42dc-8f8f-f9ec9ef4078a-CleanShot 2025-12-16 at 00.50.17.png

            ๐ŸŽ macOS Tahoe 26.2, Mac mini (M1, 2020), Chip Apple M1, Memory 16 GB
            Cintiq 27QHD Display and LG Ultra HD Display

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              Li Xiao @Boldline
              last edited by Li Xiao

              @Boldline said in Dedicated line halftone option for the new halftone tool and repeater:

              solid black

              From your screenshot, itโ€™s because you overlayed a transparent gradient, which is why itโ€™s not solid black.
              0_1765866104227_solid black.vstyler
              0_1765865685126_Transparency.jpg

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                Boldline @Li Xiao
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                @Li-Xiao thank you! it seems the more I learn about VS, the more I realize I need to dig deeper into learning

                ๐ŸŽ macOS Tahoe 26.2, Mac mini (M1, 2020), Chip Apple M1, Memory 16 GB
                Cintiq 27QHD Display and LG Ultra HD Display

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                  EricP
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                  @Boldline said in Dedicated line halftone option for the new halftone tool and repeater:

                  Did you see a way to make the color in the halftone stay a solid black for example?

                  you may change colorize mode from Backdrop Content to None

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                    Li Xiao @EricP
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                    @EricP

                    you may change colorize mode from Backdrop Content to None

                    I also noticed the Clorize option.
                    In the screenshot, you can see a noticeable four column effect due to the Length Limit value.
                    If Clorize is set to Backdrop Content, the gradient will not be smooth.
                    I'll create an example to illustrate this clearly.

                    0_1765899158633_line halftone.jpg
                    0_1765899226155_line halftone.vstyler

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                      EricP @Li Xiao
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                      @Li-Xiao thanks for this. I did not investigate all the halftone settings yet.

                      Looking at the file you shared, it seems the vertical banding can be adjusted by changing the length limit parameter.

                      By increasing it to 150mm, the gradient is now smooth. I guess it cuts lines in different segments when the line exceeds the length limit

                      0_1765900685667_4fd4bc89-43ac-4302-bec8-75a5d50c4030-image.png

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                        Li Xiao @EricP
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                        @EricP A larger Length Limit value does not improve color sampling accuracy, @VectorStyler Image halftoning is the perfect solution.
                        0_1765902636985_line colorize.jpg

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