Need Help: Halftone Effect Applies to Whole Text Box, Not Just Text Itself

[Espiritu22204786efm5]

Hey everyone,

I've been encountering a frustrating issue in Illustrator and could really use some guidance. I've been trying to apply a halftone effect specifically to text, but no matter what I do, the effect seems to apply to the entire bounding box of the text rather than just the text itself.

Here's a rundown of the steps I've tried:

1. Adding the text to my document.
2. Rasterizing the text.
3. Blurring the rasterized text.
4. Applying the halftone effect.

However, despite following these steps both through the dropdown menus and the Appearance panel, the halftone effect consistently applies to the entire box of text, not just the text itself.

I've checked my layer structure, tried expanding the text, and experimented with different settings in the halftone effect dialog, but I'm still stuck with the same issue.

Has anyone else encountered this problem before, or does anyone have any suggestions for troubleshooting? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Bobby Henderson]

You could try some blending modes in the Transparency palette such as Difference or Exclusion. Adobe Illustrator is pretty limited at doing pixel-based image editing. Photoshop would be a much more appropriate tool to use for generating effects on rasterized text objects. It's a lot easier to generate feathered selections and apply effects inside or outside of those selections.

[Monika Gause]

Please show the original object and the Appearance panel that has all the effect.

For me it works like this: https://youtu.be/5mprNNflNuY

Effects: Gaussian blur

Rasterize

Halftone

[Espiritu22204786efm5]

For some reason, if I dont open the Effect Gallery, it works! Just doing the halftone from the collapsable menu.

Thank you for the answers. If I continue having this issue I'll get back to this post.

[Monika Gause]

Halftone is not part of the Effects Gallery.

[Ton Frederiks]

But there is a Sketch > Halftone Pattern effect.