How to create dotted halftone effects in adobe illustrator | Short English tutorial

Step 01

Create New document first in illustrator. Whatever size you want to work with. 

Step 02

Then create a shape. I create ellipse shape. 

Step 03

Apply new gradient as a fill on shape. Use Radial Gradient (Default) Black and White. Reverse the gradient. 

Step 04

Now, go to effect menu. Hover Pixelate menu then color halftone. 

Step 05

This dialogue box will pop up. Here, maximum radius orange colored box indicate radius of the halftone circle. Means, how much big or small will be the halftone circle size. I set it 20 px. Channel 1-4 boxes are different color channels. Channel 1 - RGB, Channel 2 - Red, Channel 3 - Green, Channel 4 - Blue. These value must be same for black and white color halftone. If values are different then, it will create colored halftone. All the channel values are define halftone angles. If you set 90 degree all halftone effects create in 90 degrees. Because, it overlap one color to another color. After put all the values hit ok.

Step 06

Now, you created the halftone effect but there is a problem that is a raster effects. To use as a vector go to object menu then click Expand  Appearances. 

Note: You have to select the shape before apply expand appearances. 

Step 07

Go to Window menu from top menu bar click Image Trace. 

Step 08

This dialogue box will pop up. Now, select the shape and tick mark on these option Ignore white and Preview. After Click preview, it's take some time then done. Then click Expand from top bar or from the properties panel. 

Good Job!

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