: How can I create scalable half tone patterns for images in Adobe Indesign? What is the best way to use images with halftone patterns in Indesign? I'm working on a book in which all the images

@Gloria351

You need to give us more information:


Is the halftone effect exaggerated or is it regular halftone (I am not sure there is any publication that needs 600 images with halftone effect)
If you really need all 600 images with the effect like in the picture below then should the dots be the same on all images?


I would it do like this:


Set all images to InDesign as you would like, WITHOUT halftone effect
Make an Action Script in Photoshop that would make halftone effect
In InDesign select all the links and update them

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@Gail6891361

You are correct: scaling a halftone pattern can introduce moire and other scaling issues.

One way to do this is to place the images For Position Only and then, once you determine the final size, note the percentage scale and then edit the image size in Photoshop and then apply the halftone pattern. You would then update the link and reset the image scale to 100% in inDesign.

Sounds like a lot, but this is the way it was done, more or less, when random separations were submitted back in the stone age.

A second way to conceive of it is to place a screen of white with transparent dots (aka the paper color) as an overlay over each image.

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