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frame|Left: Halftone dots. Right: Example of how the human eye would see the dots from a sufficient distance.

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  • History
  • Halftone photographic screening
  • Traditional halftoning
  • Resolution of halftone screens
  • Multiple screens and color halftoning
  • Dot shapes
  • Digital halftoning
  • Modulation
  • Inverse halftoning
  • Spatial and frequency filtering
  • Optimization-based filtering
  • Lookup table
  • See also
  • Significant academic research groups
  • References
  • External links

frame|Left: Halftone dots. Right: Example of how the human eye would see the dots from a sufficient distance.

Halftone is the reprographic technique that simulates continuous-tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size or in spacing, thus generating a gradient-like effect. "Halftone" can also be used to refer specifically to the image that is produced by this process.

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