How to Create Comic Halftone Photo Effect in Photoshop

Comic Halftone Photo Effects

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Get ready to add some vintage flair to your designs! In this tutorial, we'll show you how to achieve a classic comic book look by mastering the art of halftone in Photoshop. Follow along and learn how to create a unique and eye-catching visual style.

Step 1

Open your image in Photoshop and then Right Click > Convert to a Smart Object.

Converting photo into a smart object in Photoshop

Step 2

Let’s go to a Filter Gallery now and apply a Grain filter with the following settings:

Intensity: 80
Contrast: 90
Grain Type: Enlarged

Applying grain filter in Photoshop

Step 3

Then apply a Film Grain filter and set the Grain to 3, Highlights and Intensity to 10.

Applying film grain filter in Photoshop

Step 4

Go to Filter > Pixelate > Color Halftone. Use the following settings:

Max Radius: 25
Channel 1:160
Channel 2: 110
Channel 3: 45
Channel 4: 90

Applying color halftone filter to an image

Step 5

Double Click on the little icon near the Halftone Filter in the layers panel and change the Blend Mode of the Color Halftone Filter to Darken.

Changing the blend mode of the color halftone filter

Step 6

Apply a Noise filter with the Amount set to 15.

Applying a noise filter to an image

Step 7

Change the Blend Mode of the noise filter to Multiply.

Changing the blend mode of the noise filter

Step 8

And as a last step let’s adjust the Brightness&Contrast of our image.

Adjusting the brightness and contrast of the image

That’s it! Our effect is ready! I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and feel free to contact us for any kind of help.

written by

Ivan Gromov

Ivan is a Photoshop tutor and stock graphic designer who loves to create textures, templates, and all kinds of effects and tools for Adobe Photoshop. Be sure to check all his exclusive tutorials for Pixelbuddha!