How to Halftone Any Color Shirt!!

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Master the art of DTF halftone on any color shirt with our latest tutorial! Discover the magic of color knockout for gradients and smoky effects, perfect for vibrant designs on any fabric. 🎨 Dive in to see halftone techniques for pink, green, and more!
🌈 "Welcome to our comprehensive guide on DTF halftone printing for any shirt color! In this video, we break down the process of creating stunning halftone graphics on shirts of various colors, stepping away from the traditional black. Whether you're dealing with gradients, wispy smoke effects, or any intricate design, our method ensures a flawless transfer every time. 🐉 We kick off with a striking dragon graphic, demonstrating how to achieve a perfect halftone effect on a pinkish-purple shirt using Photoshop's color range and blending modes.
We then venture into more challenging colors like green and blue, showcasing how to adapt the halftone process for different shirt backgrounds. Each step is explained in detail, from selecting the right color layer to adjusting levels for the ideal halftone size. Plus, we offer pro tips on avoiding common pitfalls and achieving a seamless blend with the fabric. 🎨 The tutorial is filled with practical examples, making it easy for both beginners and seasoned printers to follow along.
By the end of this video, you'll be equipped with the skills to create soft, detailed, and vibrant halftone prints on any color shirt, elevating your DTF printing game. We've included some PNG logo examples as well, demonstrating the versatility of this technique across various designs. Remember to hit the like button, subscribe for more creative DTF solutions, and drop any questions you have in the comments below! 🌟 Join us on this colorful journey and transform your fabric printing experience!"
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[@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.

[@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!

[@rudolfowalchonzo2356]

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

[@DTFSuperstore]

Glad it helped!

[@joemarz2264]

Fantastic video! Thank you my friend! 😄👍

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thank you! It's our pleasure!

[@tcebky8166]

Amazing tutorial. Thank you very much...

[@DTFSuperstore]

You are welcome!

[@elephantum4067]

This is awesome!

[@DTFSuperstore]

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

[@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

[@chlororuby]

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

[@DTFSuperstore]

Glad it was helpful for you!

[@iplayu76]

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

[@DTFSuperstore]

let us know how it goes!

[@ianvillatuya4057]

Thanks bud!

[@DTFSuperstore]

Glad to help!

[@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!

[@Benshafran]

very much thank you bruh...

[@DTFSuperstore]

You're welcome!

[@elkazuotv]

THX, you save my life bro

[@DTFSuperstore]

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

[@sherwinlloyddelacruz8547]

your the best

[@DTFSuperstore]

Appreciate the support. Thanks for watching!

[@leonekisidro]

You r a geniou

[@DTFSuperstore]

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[@mahdieftekhari6886]

thank you from iran good job

[@DTFSuperstore]

Glad it was useful!

[@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.

[@casadovovo]

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

[@DTFSuperstore]

Que bom que ajudou! Obrigado por assistir uma inscrição!

[@andrecesarini]

Thanks bro 🙏 Brazil in da house 🇧🇷

[@DTFSuperstore]

Obrigado por assistir e comentar!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@javoannikian391]

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[@DTFSuperstore]

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[@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!

[@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!

[@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.

[@1worryaboutyourself]

I need your class

[@DTFSuperstore]

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

[@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.

[@user-hp9ec3cn7w]

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.

[@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!

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@official_youngspirit]

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

[@DTFSuperstore]

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

[@pooshda]

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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@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?

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@thehermit2712]

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[@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.

[@marttgennerabenes3148]

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

[@DTFSuperstore]

what white borders?

[@user-ke2gx3kp3n]

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

[@DTFSuperstore]

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

[@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.

[@ARMA2ARMENIA]

Very nice , i subscribed

[@DTFSuperstore]

Awesome! Thanks for the sub!

[@shadynasty6393]

very nice

[@DTFSuperstore]

Thanks