Newspaper plugin for halftoning

[Grum999]

@Deif_Lou

sorry in advance for polluting the thread with stuff related to the halftone filter

No problem

@Deif_Lou

So for what Grum999 said I think the newspaper pluging mimics something like that, sampling the area.

Exactly

Grum999

[novames00]

Got some exceptions after first run with 5.0 beta 1…
Also, that newspaper plugin doesn’t work. With this version of the app at least.

[Grum999]

@novames00

Also, that newspaper plugin doesn’t work

That’s a very useful information, thanks for info

Unfortunately, on my side, everything is working fine with Krita 5 beta 1

• Didn’t got any exception
• No “doesn’t work” problem
• Just got expected result on my test file

So, I feel a little bit annoyed.
I’m not able to reproduce a problem for which I have no information.

So I can’t really do anything for now.
If you have screenshot, logs, better description of what happen or workflow that can help to reproduce the problem, you’re welcome.
Otherwise please avoid this kind of useless comments, I’m not in the mood

Note there’s an old bug I never fixed (ie: the problem is here from origin of plugin): plugin works only if processed layer is located at root of document, for a layer located in a group layer, nothing happens.

I have to fix this, or least provide information on plugin page.

Grum999

[Grum999]

@Grum999

I have to fix this, or least provide information on plugin page.

Fixed, will be available with version 1.2.0

Grum999

[novames00]

Please don’t blame me.
I acted according to my intuition.
I simply selected any layer for the operation, but behold you told me
putting the layer at root position is necessary for it to work.
Which I didn’t know, but can confirm as I tried it just now.
There were no exception when I did as suggested.
Also, it’s good that you fixed the bug forcing to put layer at root for the
plugin to work.

[lian00]

Thanks for the plugin. I will test it. Il was one of my favorite Gimp filter and was frustrated not finding on different painting software.

[Fred_The_Krueger]

I begin to discover this plug-in an it seems very nice, thanks to who made it

[Grum999]

Hi @djwaterman

Following this post:

Channels to Layers

Hi From developer’s feedback, I’ll update plugins. Can’t say exactly when I’ll be able to fix this, will try to manage this quickly Concerning newspaper plugin, I’ve opened a bug in github: For Channels to Layers, as it’s now a part of Krita, an official bug has been created: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461147 (note: patch to fix bug is provided with bug declaration ) Grum999

I currently don’t have time to build an official release, but fix has been committed on github repository.

You can install fixed version by providing following url https://github.com/Grum999/Newspaper/archive/refs/heads/v1.2.0.zip to Import python plugin from web…

I’ve made some tests, it’s seems to be ok with Krita 5.1; the weird thing is now, all layers process is visible and:

• you’ll get flickering during process
• process is slower

I still have to try improve that but for now, you have at least a version of plugin working with Krita 5.1

Grum999

[djwaterman]

That is excellent, it’s great to see the processing in action. What I like about this particular filter is the adjustments that can be made to the screen tone, the variability of the dot tone so that it is not perfectly gridded.

[torporus]

So I tried all of the color modes and it keeps de-saturating in the preview but also when i actually render the whole image…
Am i misunderstanding something about how to apply this on colored images or is this a bug?

I am using Krita 5.1.0 on Windows 10

[Grum999]

Hi

You might use version 1.1.1
My fault, I didn’t had time yet to provide official release 1.2.0

You can download & install dev-release 1.2.0 by following steps provided here, it should fix the problem I think.

Newspaper plugin for halftoning

Hi @djwaterman Following this post: I currently don’t have time to build an official release, but fix has been committed on github repository. You can install fixed version by providing following url https://github.com/Grum999/Newspaper/archive/refs/heads/v1.2.0.zip to Import python plugin from web… [image] I’ve made some tests, it’s seems to be ok with Krita 5.1; the weird thing is now, all layers process is visible and: you’ll get flickering during process process is slower I still h…

Grum999

[torporus]

Worked perfectly now!
Thanks for the quick reply and help!

[djwaterman]

How difficult is it to have settings saving in this plugin?

[okuma_10]

Probably not difficult but the author has to spend time on writing a read and save functions, and also I suppose add that to the UI and all…and yeah…the hardest thing is time.

[Grum999]

Hi

Not really difficult

Created request here:

Open/Save settings

It took ~2h-3h to implement

Official v1.2.0 of plugin is released and include it

Release v1.2.0 · Grum999/Newspaper

Please not I implemented it in the simplest way: just open/save file dialog that let you manage your settings within json files

Grum999

[djwaterman]

Holy Moly, that was quick. Just tested, it works great, saving settings makes this a fantastic utility for Krita. Much thanks.

[Teapics]

This plug in’s awesome, love that you can do it hard/ without any aliasing at all, thanks for the effort you must have put in!

Out of interest have you seen Max Chroma’s tools (for PS or online web apps)?
https://max-chroma.com/

[Grum999]

Hi

Thanks

I need to check once I’ll be back home and get access to my computer.

But Krita’s native screentone/halftone system also works perfectly and provides a lot of possibilities

Short example here

Halftone effect

Why not use halftone filter directly? You’ll get many more option to tune the effect Grum999

Grum999

[Puplaroid]

I used your Newspaper plugin in a recent art piece I made; I mixed Inkscape with Krita, and this was the result. Very useful and fun plugin! Do you plan to keep updating it in the future? I actually prefer how this halftone filter looks than the default Krita ones.