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  1. What is the difference between halftoning and dithering?

    As I understand it, halftoning is the process of taking an image with a given color range (as defined by the colorspace) and blending the colors to form an image with a smaller range of …

  2. photo editing - Photography Stack Exchange

    Jan 7, 2021 · I'm trying to get the best possible scan of a CD cover (although this would apply to any print media using CMYK halftoning). With the highest setting on my scanner (3200dpi) I …

  3. post processing - What is the stippling effect used in newsprint …

    Image → Mode → Bitmap and set your output resolution. Under Method, select Halftone Screen from the drop-down. Click OK. Select a Frequency value for the size of the dots you want; the …

  4. How much is the depth of field of Weegee's "f/8 and be there"?

    May 4, 2023 · Thanks to @ZeissIkon, the halftone screen they used is 72 lpi. That is about 2 lp/mm. And "½ mm viewed from 20 inches" is also about 2 lp/mm. So the printing resolution is …

  5. How were photographs printed in newspapers in 1929?

    Jan 25, 2015 · This is an advert from 1929 I am curious as how this and other similar things were printed back then. How were the images printed on the advert? Seems to me like this wasn't …

  6. What is the name of this texture/where can I find it?

    Apr 28, 2019 · This is actually not a texture, but a halftone pattern. Many graphics applications are able to render images with halftone patterns for printers with few colors (e.g. 1 or 4).

  7. artifacts - What caused this pattern of lines (moire?) in this picture ...

    Oct 17, 2015 · I have scanned this photo from a book that's printed with color ink, but the picture is a black and white one. When I scanned it with Vuescan as a color photograph I get vertical …

  8. film - Trying to determine potential causes for boxy (digital ...

    Aug 11, 2018 · The pictures you want to copy are “halftone” images. The original was fractured into countless dots of ink that either vary in size or vary in spacing or both. The halftone …

  9. Why do we use RGB instead of wavelengths to represent colours?

    Jun 4, 2017 · Mentioning it because it hasn't been mentioned in other answers: we don't just use RGB to represent colour in computer systems. It's the most conventional one since it matches …

  10. What does a client mean when they request 300 ppi pictures?

    Mar 15, 2023 · I might ask how large the images will be printed/displayed, and what the OUTPUT resolution and halftone screen will be (for conventional offset printing). If you are printing …