A Krita plugin to apply halftone effect on image.
Newspaper is a Python plugin made for Krita (free professional and open-source painting program).
It allows to apply halftone effect on image, like a newspaper printing effect. Plugin provides differents tuning options to define final result:
- Color modes: Monochrome / CMYK
- Rendering chapes: Circle, Diamond, Square, Line
- Antialiasing method
- ...
Open Krita and go to Tools -> Scripts -> Import Python Plugins... and select the newspaper.zip archive and let the software handle it.
To enable Newspaper go to Settings -> Configure Krita... -> Python Plugin Manager and click the checkbox to the left of the field that says Newspaper.
When you want to execute Newspaper, simply go to Tools -> Scripts and select Newspaper.
[2023-05-09] Version 1.2.1
- Fix bug Krita 5.2.0 Compatibility
[2021-11-30] Version 1.2.0
- Improvement: add possibility to open/save newspapers settings
- Fix bug: now a layer located in a group layer is processed, don't need anymore to work on layer from document root
- Fix bug: compatibility with Krita 5.1.x
[2020-06-23] Version 1.1.1
- Compatibility with Krita 4.3.0
[2020-05-01] Version 1.1.0
- Add Three color (CMY - Pictures) mode No black layer, Black key is obtained by the combination of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
- Add a Four color (CMY+K - Pictures) mode Use of registration black: black key is obtained by the combination of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and an additional black layer is added
- Improve the Four color (CMY+K - Comics #2)
Plugin has been tested with Krita 5.2.0 (appimage)
- Some improvements can be made to user interface
- Maybe adding a preset management allowing user to save preferred configuration(s) rather than having to redefine everything each time 😬
- Speedup processing using multi-thread
Newspaper is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
Newspaper is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should receive a copy of the GNU General Public License along with KanvasBuddy. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
Long story short: you're free to download, modify as well as redistribute leNewLayerColorName as long as this ability is preserved and you give contributors proper credit. This is the same license under which Krita is released, ensuring compatibility between the two.