How to Halftone Any Color Shirt!!

[@justanoob7030]

Thank you for responding to our request from the other video where you did the demonstration of halftone. I am grateful that you actual read and appropriately react to the needs of your viewers. 🤩👍

[@DTFSuperstore]

Absolutely! You all give us some great ideas!

[@karlmaxweber]

A VERY important warning: After long and unsuccessful attempts, I finally figured out that the problem was the “color mode” of the work. The “Difference” option works differently in CMYK color mode, so if you want to do the operations in this video and succeed, your work must be in RGB mode.

[@krickey72]

Thank you!

[@eversmilezachary]

Please upload more details about halftone frequency and angles

[@DTFSuperstore]

We'll look at doing a deep dive on whats happening with the frequency and angles. Stay tuned!

[@krickey72]

Yes please!

[@AmericanWithTheTruth]

Dude, you have no idea how much of a life saver you are. Forever a subscriber. One question I have though. I noticed you always add a background to match the shirt. Is this also to eliminate the transparent pixels? I always thought you could make sure the image was rgb 8 bit to eliminate those nasty pixels. ??

[@DTFSuperstore]

If we're dealing with a transparent PNG like the flame, or something with a glow, we need the shirt color in the design to make the transition more seamless from the halftones to the shirt when printing. The rest of the time we're just using the shirt color to test and make sure the graphic still looks correct, otherwise its very hard to tell.

[@Reagan_Aristo]

@@DTFSuperstore I can't believe I am taking notes. Thanks Superstore!

[@DTFSuperstore]

@@Reagan_Aristo welcome to class!!! 🤣

[@Reagan_Aristo]

@@DTFSuperstore ❤️‍🔥📝

[@lilartroom]

Thank you! I asked that question for a white shirt the other day.

[@DTFSuperstore]

hope this helped!

[@lilartroom]

@DTFSuperstore yes, thanks! I've been using your method effectively with a lot of the designs I've created in Photoshop.

[@rudolfowalchonzo2356]

That is exactly the help l was seaching for a long time. Thank you so much.

[@DTFSuperstore]

Glad it helped!

[@PizzaCookieMilkRepeat]

Thanks for the video, once again providing a deep well of knowledge on this subject. Looking at the end results the transfers come out perfectly. It would be great to get some more information on how you get the areas which aren't half toned to show the threads of the shirt as looking at the real world examples you can see them merging the transfer and the fabric together really nicely.

[@DTFSuperstore]

Second pressing the garment helps embed the transfer deeper into the garment, parchment paper or T-Seal are your best option for that second press. Also, those particular garments had a "thicker" weave so it was a little more pronounced than usual.

[@joemarz2264]

Fantastic video! Thank you my friend! 😄👍

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thank you! It's our pleasure!

[@seruwatu]

Thank you very much, very useful video. I'm new to this type of work so I really appreciate it. I'm gonna try it tomorrow with my designs for t-shirts.

[@DTFSuperstore]

Glad it was helpful! let us know how it goes!

[@tcebky8166]

Amazing tutorial. Thank you very much...

[@DTFSuperstore]

You are welcome!

[@Benshafran]

very much thank you bruh...

[@DTFSuperstore]

You're welcome!

[@1worryaboutyourself]

I need your class

[@DTFSuperstore]

We have our bootcamp once a month. Check out our website for specific dates

[@merchstudio]

amazing tutorial as always, Jeremy!

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thanks Jerald, did you see the shout out we gave you in our newest video? 😉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYunXqqvbstlfMk

[@juanpablomiranda8955]

Thanks!!!!! This is a game changer!

[@DTFSuperstore]

Our Pleasure!

[@susannetyree1042]

Any way you can do this tutorial for Affinity users? I would love to learn this. Thank you!

[@DTFSuperstore]

We just uploaded a full tutorial on how to Halftone for DTF in Affinity Photo 2!! Check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZO5gquVeKl6qaM

[@MisterDivineAdVenture]

Thanks so much - I want to see duo and tri-tone artwork with this - like the old Obama poster. For vintage look.

[@andrecesarini]

Thanks bro 🙏 Brazil in da house 🇧🇷

[@DTFSuperstore]

Obrigado por assistir e comentar!

[@phanmylinh3228]

Your tutorials are really the best on YTB Ive found so far. I'm just wondering is this technique similar to Custom Cat's Digisoft though? Thank you .

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thanks! Their Digisoft is kind of a holistic approach, I'm sure they are doing something along these lines as a part of their process.

[@hustlazonthablockentertain3223]

So if you want to keep more black in and raster the other colors more just bright up the black or use less white

[@DTFSuperstore]

yeah, tweak with levels adjustment to control how much or little is halftoned

[@elephantum4067]

This is awesome!

[@DTFSuperstore]

That makes us delighted to know. Thanks for the visit!

[@casadovovo]

Era exatamente o que eu estava procurando, ganhou um seguidor brasileiro

[@DTFSuperstore]

Que bom que ajudou! Obrigado por assistir uma inscrição!

[@chlororuby]

thank you.. a lot of thanks for this tutorial!!!!! very nice

[@DTFSuperstore]

Glad it was helpful for you!

[@ianvillatuya4057]

Thanks bud!

[@DTFSuperstore]

Glad to help!

[@lilartroom]

I have this one specific design I'm trying to halftone for a white shirt, but it has a outer glow around the whole image and I can't get the outer glow to halftone. I did it with the png file.

[@DTFSuperstore]

@lilartroom send the file to [e-mail] we can take a look at it!

[@mozzicvisuallab8427]

thank you!

[@DTFSuperstore]

You're welcome!

[@lems85]

Awesome! Thanks for your video!!! Can you tell me if this works just as well for DTG printing or does it not make sense?

[@DTFSuperstore]

It does! Though with DTG you can reproduce the "fade to nothing"

[@lems85]

@@DTFSuperstore Do you mean that with dtg you can print with opacity?

[@DTFSuperstore]

@@lems85 yes, however the durability suffers

[@lems85]

​@@DTFSuperstore Thanks for the info!

[@tinawyatt]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you!

[@DTFSuperstore]

You're very welcome!

[@elkazuotv]

THX, you save my life bro

[@DTFSuperstore]

Don't know about life saving 😬 but glad we could help!

[@iplayu76]

Thanks for reply mate ill try it when I get home cheers

[@DTFSuperstore]

let us know how it goes!

[@makphones]

Best explanation so far. respect

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thanks!

[@ChrisandNikkihart]

I literally just bought a program to do what you are doing here :( why didnt i see this until today!? Seriously loving all these videos your so helpful! Now is this particular examples printed on the shirt or is a transfer?

[@DTFSuperstore]

Printed on a transfer (DTF) but you could use the image with a DTG printer.

[@ThorKvam113]

Great video w/superb explanation! Question....would Cadlink 11 do a color knock-out that matches this quality? And while I`m on it....would you recommend Cadlink 11 for the Mimaki 150 vs Rasterlink? ...and why? :) Thanks!

[@DTFSuperstore]

No, we're not big fans of any RIP software doing graphic design work. That said, we absolutely l LOVE CAD Link Digital Factory 11 for the Mimaki. It's auto layout and variable white underbase make it far superior.

[@ThorKvam113]

Thanks @@DTFSuperstore

[@FreddieGeneroso]

hello do you have a video on halftone colored images on white? ty

[@DTFSuperstore]

It's the same as our other halftone video done for black but just invert the black and white for levels adjustment and then invert the layer mask.

[@DTFSuperstore]

You could also use white as the color in this video and it should work properly.

[@ilankoarunachalam2428]

Hi.. can you please do me a video on how to prepare the image for DTG

[@DTFSuperstore]

It wouldn’t be any different, an image optimized for DTF will print great with DTG.

[@leonekisidro]

You r a geniou

[@DTFSuperstore]

Aww, Thanks!

[@inklabdesigns]

Do you have a video explaining how to get the dots fully transferred onto the shirt? I struggle with that and I use a Geo Knight heat press that is reliable. Do you have specific film and inks that transfer the best?

[@DTFSuperstore]

There will always be some dots that get left behind on the transfer sheet. Halftones especially need the white underbase choked and if they are choked by 2 pixels and halftone dot 4 pixels or less will end up with no white underbase or adhesive behind it. Thus it won't stick. It's an expected loss that most of the time doesn't effect the overall look of the final garment.

[@Bandionaire]

Great video… When using this method for a white t shirt. Does your art normally lose a lot of color. If so, do you know how to prevent it?

[@DTFSuperstore]

before you do the levels adjustment, invert your image. So Greyscale - Invert - adjustments (levels). I hope that make sense.

[@E-D-J]

@@DTFSuperstore Do you have a step by step video on this method? Just want to make sure I don't misinterpret this step. I want to try.

[@kspec2001]

thanks for this. ive been having some issues where 35 LPI starting to have white/powder fill in the holes. any ideas what could be the issue?

[@DTFSuperstore]

try using less white underbase, it will keep those holes from getting filled in. If it's still an issue try 30 or lower and see how that looks.

[@kspec2001]

@@DTFSuperstore thank you for the advice!

[@pfinney2890]

Great job video was 🔥

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thank you! 😃

[@mi-jeanevanbiljon7979]

Your tutorials teach me so much, Thank you! I think I've got the halftoning down for most colours, but for some reason, halftoning a neon sign with a white inner and a purple glow, to go on a white shirt causes me to lose too much of the purple glow and makes my image look dull. I've done several attempts by adjusting the levels but it's just not coming out close to the original. Should I just print it with the white underbase under the glow, or is there a way to make this work? Could I send it to you to show me how to get the best effect?

[@DTFSuperstore]

send the file to [e-mail] it might take a few days to respond as he will be teaching DTF Bootcamp for the next two days but he'll take a look at it and see what might be the best course of action!

[@mi-jeanevanbiljon7979]

@@DTFSuperstore Message sent. Thank you so much for considering my request!

[@yousefkh9459]

thank you alot

[@DTFSuperstore]

You're welcome!

[@THE_BE702]

Hi! trying to do a white knockout on a graphic and got lost early on your step by step tutorial. At the 44 second mark, what were the controls to get the transparent color range knockout effect? any help would be appreciated!

[@DTFSuperstore]

in the Photoshop menu bar at the top. Select - Color Range.

[@mannyluna7733]

great

[@trdtommy.]

Can you do some Gimp tutorials. You mentioned Gimp in one video and said it’s pretty similar but I couldn’t find some of those options and/or buttons.

[@DTFSuperstore]

I am not aware of a way to halftone like this in Gimp. It may not be possible.

[@trdtommy.]

@@DTFSuperstore No way in gimp, what about Procreate?

[@91750fast]

Can you use this technique to get solid edge pixels as well? Like for traditional screen printing? I really like way it looks but im wondering what would happen when you send these files through the rip?

[@DTFSuperstore]

I'm not sure what you mean by solid edge pixels but they work great with any rip. just test with different underbase setting and printer alignments and you'll be good to go!

[@E-D-J]

@@DTFSuperstore Quick question. For all these dark shirts, do you have to create an underbase or is that left to rip software?

[@sigb.calamitees]

Do you know if this would work decently well with DTG printing as well? I'm planning to do some self-produced DTF stuff as well but I also like to use print-on-demand and a couple of the places I use on my old accounts I've had forever don't allow you to disable certain fabric colors so I'm kind of trying to find a "works on multiple colors" sort of technique, I know the blended colors won't match all but 1 of the shirt color options but thinking if I used some sort of neutral color that kind of goes well with lots of different fabric colors if it'd still work somewhat decent? My only worry is that white base layers would show up through some of the halftone patterns (in DTG) I know this works great with DTF as you're demonstrating... I want to use this technique but I'm worried I'll end up w/ stuff that shows the white base layer in some situations, I'm going to submit some designs and buy them myself to check but rather not buy a bunch of test shirts if I can just know ahead of time if it'll work decently enough. Great video, appreciate you doing this for everyone!

[@DTFSuperstore]

as long as the printer is aligned properly you should see any white underbase whether DTG or DTF. Definitely send a test graphic in first and see how that comes out. it's best to do the halftoning knock out with the color of the t-shirt. approximate might give you subpar results.

[@joseramos-y4n]

Hi, I’m planning to purchase a photoshop for my DTF printer and I would like to make halftone effect, I don’t know which version of Ps i will purchase, can you please let me know. Thank you and have a good day

[@DTFSuperstore]

photoshop is subscription based so you'll have the most current version. I don't think you'll be able to do it with photoshop express or the ios app.

[@joseramos-y4n]

hi, I asked Beat buy and they have the Adobe photoshop element 2024 version and it cost $135 Canadian by the way I’m from Vancouver area

[@jimihills125]

hi thankyou and this might be an obvious question but how would you output this for printing when i saved file as a tiff it had the black background in the file not just what i was seeing in the layer etc

[@DTFSuperstore]

what rip software are you using?

[@iplayu76]

why when i follow every step right up till you use bit map,my bit map is still greyed out i cannot click on it?cheers

[@DTFSuperstore]

You have to be in greyscale before you can go to bitmap. if you are in greyscale and it's still greyed out make sure you click on the the selection tool or press the shortcut "V" in case you are in a tool/mode that locks you from proceeding.

[@E-D-J]

So this method also applies to gray shirts(light or dark gray)?

[@DTFSuperstore]

correct, you would treat gray like a color.

[@E-D-J]

@@DTFSuperstore So that won't affect the "Difference" blend mode in photoshop when I apply it to a gray background and unite it with the image? So it's not like white where I can invert it after I convert it to grayscale?

[@dennislykins6363]

What’s the option if your not sure the end user choice of shirt color?

[@DTFSuperstore]

You can't do it. You MUST know the shirt color otherwise it will look absolutely horrible.

[@TravisE.]

Is there somewhere I can order my transfers to be printed like this, or do I have to edit them myself and send them to DTF companies?

[@DTFSuperstore]

Some companies will edit artwork but charge a fee. I think it's best for you to edit them first then send them to be printed.

[@mahdieftekhari6886]

thank you from iran good job

[@DTFSuperstore]

Glad it was useful!

[@godzilla927]

I think so is wrong with my Difference option.i tried to use the green shirt example. When I apply Difference it changes to yellows and other colors then after the halftone steps. It only knocks out only the black and not the green. It's in rgb mode

[@DTFSuperstore]

The green layer you add above the image and then use the difference blendmode must be the same color as the green you are trying to get rid of. If the green doesnt turn black you've done something wrong with the blend mode. then make sure you merge the two layers together before following the halftone steps

[@LNK9094]

Any insight to do this on Gimp?

[@DTFSuperstore]

No, it's not possible with Gimp. However, check out this video, it uses Photopea which is a free online software: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnq4pqKljbJ7oM0

[@LNK9094]

Thank you very much for the recommendation!

[@shahenshah7.hossain]

Hello, should the design be in vector?

[@DTFSuperstore]

No, for halftone it needs to be a raster file, at least the style we’ve done here. You can create gradient halftones in Illustrator. But it’s individual gradients that get halftoned.

[@shahenshah7.hossain]

@@DTFSuperstore thank you very much

[@sherwinlloyddelacruz8547]

your the best

[@DTFSuperstore]

Appreciate the support. Thanks for watching!

[@alexanderalmendarez6319]

Hey I am having trouble halftoneing white , I want to knock out the white so the white from the shirt pops through please help !!!

[@DTFSuperstore]

after you greyscale invert the image. Command + i (Mac) or Control + i (PC) that will invert the white and black. treat is as normal, what shows as white will show through what shows as black will be removed. Everything else should work the same.

[@jhai8105]

hi is it ok to tie dye the tshirt after DTF?

[@DTFSuperstore]

Probably?? We've not tried it, however DTF Transfers are super durable so it will likely hold up. We'd recommend tie dying first and then pressing the DTF graphic onto the shirt.

[@official_youngspirit]

What about half toning just a drop shadow that is black?

[@DTFSuperstore]

We'll be working on that soon...stay tuned!

[@lersogodie]

The best!

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thanks!

[@youutubestinks4580]

super!!

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thanks!!

[@javoannikian391]

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[@DTFSuperstore]

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[@julianandreskujarhenao5328]

Master!

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thanks!

[@tee7697]

Is this possible in CorelDraw? 😅

[@DTFSuperstore]

We just uploaded a full tutorial on how to Halftone for DTF for both Affinity Photo 2 AND CorelDRAW!! This video covers the Black halftoning, and we'll be working on white/color/glow halftoning VERY soon! Check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZO5gquVeKl6qaM

[@katakuru8839]

you are just making it harder buddy

[@marttgennerabenes3148]

how to remove white borders...its my main problem and i cant find any tutorials

[@DTFSuperstore]

what white borders?

[@MarcelaAvila-Martinez]

I need help I have a design but I cant make to work I did all step by step and it's ugly please help me

[@DTFSuperstore]

Send your image to [e-mail] and we’ll take a look at it to see if we can help.

[@thehermit2712]

10:05 la peluca de goku

[@ShayWoodard-t2h]

Anybody like me struggling, watch the video at a slower speed 😅

[@DTFSuperstore]

That's always a helpful tip! Thanks for watching!

[@devobrand]

bitmap dosent work.

[@DTFSuperstore]

you have to be in greyscale first. Also make sure youre not in 16-bit but 8-bit

[@thevvizard823]

You need to list the steps better. U just click click click. Where in here do you say how to click halftones. I don't have time for this. Thanks a bunch

[@justforthetv]

Lmfaoooo

[@DTFSuperstore]

sorry you didn't find the tutorial helpful. Advanced design workflows are rarely just one click and every design is different so you can't just use a "default" option.

[@andrewvelazquez8798]

This guys videos are fantastic, i think the problem is skill issue for you 😂😂😂

[@thevvizard823]

@@andrewvelazquez8798 your opinion doesn't matter here. He may know how to design but he can't design a tutorial properly.

[@theunclejoeshow]

@@thevvizard823 man finally makes a tutorial for people who actually use the programs and don't want to sit around waiting for someone who doesn't know how to use photoshop and you got something to say? Nothing that was in this tutorial was hard to grasp or rewind or pause? How bout you get better and spend more time working on your craft than running your mouth in the youtube comments section. Great tutorial. Thanks a lot.

[@ARMA2ARMENIA]

Very nice , i subscribed

[@DTFSuperstore]

Awesome! Thanks for the sub!

[@shadynasty6393]

very nice

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thanks