Make your photograph an ink-dot print.

Halftone turns the brightness of a photograph into a regular screen of ink dots. Darker areas use larger dots, while lighter areas reveal more paper, producing a newspaper or comic-print appearance.

Open Halftone

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Halftone turns the brightness of a photograph into a regular screen of ink dots. Darker areas use larger dots, while lighter areas reveal more paper, producing a newspaper or comic-print appearance.

Before and after

Settings used: Dot spacing 1.2%, screen angle 45°, contrast 100%; ink #182538, paper #fff8ed.

Examples use resized images. Fine detail can vary with your source resolution.

All tool guides · Open Halftone

Make this edit

1. Choose a photo with a clear subject and simple background.
2. Set Dot spacing and Screen angle. Adjust Contrast while watching the dark and light areas.
3. Choose ink and paper colors, compare the original, and download.

Available options, explained

Dot spacing

0.4–4% of the shorter image edge. Larger spacing produces a coarser print screen.

Screen angle

0–90° rotates the regular dot grid.

Contrast

25–200% changes the tonal separation before generating the dots.

Ink and paper

Choose the dot color and the background paper color. Transparent source areas retain their transparency in PNG.

Get a better result

Inspect the downloaded file at its intended viewing size. Fine dot screens can look different when an image is scaled by a browser or printer.

File formats and download help

Pale Gold Tulip uses 1.2% dot spacing, a 45° screen angle, 100% contrast, midnight ink #182538, and ivory paper #fff8ed.