Easily Create Halftones in Photoshop for DTF, DTG and Silkscreen Shirt Printing

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In this 12 minute tutorial, you will learn how easy it is to create your own Halftone image files in Photoshop for black DTF garment printing/transfers. Halftones give your DTF prints a very soft feel since you are essentially removing lots of the black ink prints from your film because it allows the use of the black color of the garment as the black part of the print. This also saves lots of ink (for those who own a DTF printer) and the images look and feel great! You can do this with an RGB PNG file or a CMYK file. At the end of creating the halftone, you just have to be sure to save your print-ready file as a TRANSPARENT PNG, PSD, PDF or whatever your printer requires in order to print.
One VERY IMPORTANT thing I did not mention in this video is to NOT resize your final Halftoned files when printing. The dot size is optimal for printing when it is created and reducing the file AFTER it has been halftoned will reduce the dot size and will give unexpected results. It is best to always halftone your file at the size you will print it.
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@mgprinting8697 7 ай бұрын

The BEST tutorial for halftones I have watched! I now have complete control over my halftones and it only takes me about 2 minutes to make them. Very informative and straight to the point. Thank you!!!!

@ARPRINT 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Fancylooks 4 ай бұрын

I have seen many videos about this, and all of them explain steps that I don't understand, I make them and they work,but I don't understand why I make it. Whith this method I understand what you make and why, thank you for simplying things and getting same results!!!

@randlestshirtco0310 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for providing this video. You made it so easy for anyone to understand. I often had trouble creating halftones. Thank you so much. Please continue to share videos like this for people like me who are just learning.

@AmpEazy 2 ай бұрын

A similar tutorial explaining how to do this for shirt colors other than black would be great. I imagine only a few steps to be different, but it would be appreciated if you might decide to do an any color tutorial.

@ARPRINT 2 ай бұрын

You really can't do halftoning in other colors except White. You would have to REMOVE (halftone) the color of the shirt on your print. For example, if you had a red shirt, you would have to halftone the reds on your design in order to use the red of the shirt as the red ink on your designs. You could technically do it, but you would get unexpected results at the end. There is a simulated halftone process that you can do for colored shirts, but the image will not be as vibrant, it will actually make the image pretty pale.

@AmpEazy 2 ай бұрын

@@ARPRINTthanks for replying, and a great, easy-to-follow tutorial.

@SaulValentin-dw7kt 4 ай бұрын

Best girl I have seen this will help me start my t shirt business God bless you

@carmine0957 3 ай бұрын

Excellent. Thank you. Have to watch several times. I'm a newbie in Photo shop.

@knowledge229ds 3 ай бұрын

This is by far the best video on learning how to do halftone on a black shirt!!! Thanks

@OG-DjTresor 7 ай бұрын

Wow! I was over here trying to accomplish this by following other videos but this one is definitely the best video for this! I finally got it and it was really easy to do! Thank you SOOO MUCH!

@ARPRINT 7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@graphicwarehousellcpassion3194 7 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@ARPRINT 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@avisionthroughchrist 4 ай бұрын

This video was very helpful Thank you for sharing 🙏☀️

@latrellbarnett4430 4 ай бұрын

Can I print directly from Photoshop or will I have to get CADLink or Acrorip?

@ARPRINT 3 ай бұрын

It depends on your equipment, but it is always best to use a RIP software like cadlink or acrorip or others, to give you more control when printing.

@oooBoEoNooo 5 ай бұрын

Great video! But why do you have to convert the image to halftone if you want to print it with DTG Print? Or could it have been printed in its original state?

@ARPRINT 5 ай бұрын

It could be printed in its original state in DTG, but halftoning it could give it a "comic book" look for those that want to learn how to create comic book style halftones as well.

@julianmartinez862 3 ай бұрын

Adjusting the levels on CMYK individually to max out to white is not something Ive seen in other tutorials, but it seems like it would yield more precision of color hypothetically. That was a cool tip thanks - great tutorial.

@wobbajas 22 күн бұрын

How to put a white base?

@ARPRINT 22 күн бұрын

@@wobbajas ??? what do you mean? That is usually done on your printer / rip settings

@michaelhuynh3894 7 ай бұрын

most detailed tutorial on halftone I ever watched! Can you make a video on halftoning an image if it has glow effects or fading effects for ?

@ARPRINT 7 ай бұрын

yes I will make one...it is pretty much the same process, the ONLY difference is that you have to flatten your Duplicated image on top of the black background (not have it as a transparent layer) and then do all the steps in this video.

@michaelhuynh3894 7 ай бұрын

awesome looking forward to it, in the meantime I will keep practicing! Thank you ! @@ARPRINT

@reelreplay1 4 ай бұрын

could you do a tutorial with this image on a white shirt

@Camcay183 3 ай бұрын

Thanks straight forward video

@bosun436 Ай бұрын

This is a good tutorial. If I may ask can you do a tutorial on how to choke the white underbase in photoshop for this design and after the halftone? Thanks

@ARPRINT Ай бұрын

The white underbase choke can only be done in the printer's RIP software (Raster Image Processor). Each good DTF or DTG printer usually runs on a RIP and each good RIP should have a choke setting you can modify. It definitely can't be done in Photoshop properly.

@celeniagomez2157 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! This was so helpful. It was really detailed and easy to follow.

@ARPRINT 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@mvfvideos 7 ай бұрын

thanks, i was following someone else and not as good of halftones thanks for the video very helpfull

@ARPRINT 7 ай бұрын

Glad I could help

@ashleykelley8395 4 ай бұрын

Do you have this saved as a action (.atn) file ?

@ARPRINT 4 ай бұрын

I didn't want to create an action because 1) it is very simple to do this as this video shows and 2) each design will require different input Levels, so you would have to modify Levels for each design to get the best Halftoning result.