Pixel/dot effect.

[iamevilhomer]

Hello

I recently saw a website with an image that had this kind of pixel/dot effect in which the photo seemed to have thousands of pixel type dots covering it. I have no idea how to explain it really and would love to show you but being new here I'm not allowed to post a link.

So I was wondering if anyone understands what I'm referring to (I realise it's a long shot) and if they could point me in the direction of a tutorial or something.

Cheers.

 

[iamevilhomer]

Just trying to get my post count up in order to be able to post a link.

 

[iamevilhomer]

Two more..

 

[iamevilhomer]

One more...

 

[iamevilhomer]

http://themeforest.unitedthemes.com/wpversions/brooklyn/basic/

 

[iamevilhomer]

So it's the large image at the top with all the little dots. Just wondering how I'd best go about achieving that and if anyone knows the name of the effect or technique so I can look it up further.

Thanks.

 

[MrToM]

Why didn't you just attach the image?
Nothing stopping you doing that.

Anyway, what you need is to make a custom pattern of dots and fill a layer with that pattern.....if you do black dots on a white background then a blending mode of 'Darken' or 'Darker color' will work....or maybe one of the others too....depends on the background.

Regards.
MrTom.

 

[iamevilhomer]

Thanks very much MrTom.

The reason I didn't attach the image is because I cannot save the image from that website. I did consider this.

 

[MrToM]

No worries.

Search on how to make custom 'patterns' and that should do the trick.

Regards.
MrTom.

 

[Tom Mann]

Google {half tone effect photoshop}

 

[IamSam]

This was discussed in this thread: https://www.photoshopgurus.com/forum/photoshop-newbies/48427-dot-layer-image.html

This is not a Photoshop effect...............the pattern is an option found in the viewer used on the webpage.

Having said that........this is a pattern overlay made from a 100 x 100 dot pattern.

 

[Tom Mann]

Thanks, Sam -- I had forgotten our discussion in the older thread in which we concluded it was a Wordpress theme (...or whatever they call it), but, as you point out, it could also be done without Wordpress.

Here is an example where I started with a snapshot I took on a family trip to NYC a couple of years ago.



Next, I constructed a pattern of light gray bars on a dark gray background (note: this is at a magnification of something like 500%, so the fine grid that can be seen is Photoshop's actual pixel grid) ...



Put the pattern above the image. I think I used soft light blending mode at about 60%, diddled a bit with the blendIF sliders, added a levels, and a hue/sat adjustment layer, and out comes this ...



If I was doing this for real, I also probably would have selectively decreased the visibility of the effect in certain areas of the image using a layer mask that I would paint black into.


HTH,

Tom M