Pointillism effect

580 views7 repliesLast post: 7/27/2007
Hi. Is there a way in Photoshop CS3 to convert a raster image (photo) into a pointillism style image? I see these black and white graphics of prominent people in the Wall Street Journal whose images are made up of tiny dots -- very artistic. How is this done? Thanks.
#1
How far down the list of filters did you look? Did you stop before you got to... erm...

Pointillize?

;-)
#2
If that isn't what you're looking for, try converting to Greyscale and then Bitmap in Image > Mode. Then select Halftone Screen with a pattern you fancy.
#3
Thanks, John. That's exactly what I needed :)
#4
Glad to help.

(And I don't even read the Wall Street Journal. B) )
#5
The pictures in the WSJ are done by hand, with pen and ink.
#6
That's a very interesting article Danny, but I don't think Alex will be spending 5 hours doing each one by hand!

Afterthought: Even if he had the artistic skills and materials!
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