Halftone & Stipple Photoshop Brushes

<strong>Halftone</strong> is a regular grid of dots that change size to represent tone — it comes from print reproduction, so it reads mechanical and is the classic comic-book look. <strong>Stipple</strong> is irregular dots placed by hand where density, not dot size, creates the tone — it reads as drawn. Halftone for print and comics; stipple for illustration and dotwork.

Convert a copy of your layer to greyscale, then either run Filter → Pixelate → Color Halftone for a quick result, or use Image → Mode → Bitmap with Halftone Screen if you need to set the exact frequency and dot angle. Bitmap mode gives real print-style control; the filter is faster for a stylised look.

Flat-colour your panel in greys, then put a halftone dot layer above the shadow areas and set it to Multiply. Vary the dot size per value band rather than using one tone everywhere — larger dots for deep shadow, finer for mid-tones. That variation is what makes the page read like printed manga.

Not in this category yet — this hub is live but its packs are still in production. The techniques above work with any dotwork or halftone brush in the meantime, and our other Photoshop categories already ship .abr packs. New sets are added regularly.