How do you create a one color halftone vector?

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I've been creating them in black and white in CS6, then converting to vector via image trace since that's the only way to make them a perfect circular vector that I've found, but how do you convert it to a color afterward? It won't let me simply change the fill color, nor will it let me select the black dots with the white arrow. I had also selected "ignore white" while image tracing so it had a transparent background. Help! I'd really like an orange halftone vector, and when I make it a color from the start it creates it out of multiple colors. I want it to be a solid color without any circles overlapping. Thanks in advance!

Michael Riordan · Accepted Answer

Maybe this solution will work for you. I created a halftone pattern on an object with a white to black gradient using the Effects>Pixelate>Color Halftone option. I copied that halftone to the clipboard,replaced the fill of the object with a spot orange color, and added an opacity mask in the transparency panel. Selecting the mask, I pasted the clipboard contents (paste in place) into the opacity mask and checked the invert mask option.

It's a little convoluted, but it works! If you need to improve the quality of the halftone edges, increase the resolution used via the raster effects settings under the effects menu.

Hope that helps,

Michael Riordan

Adobe Certified Instructor

Digital DesignLab

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soulsqueeze · Answer

This seems to be a better solution: Illustrator Tutorial: Vector Halftone effect - YouTube

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