Halftone

Metaballs

Blobs that merge: tone sets the size, and neighbours grow a neck between them.

Metaballs: a halftone effect on the built-in sample photograph. Computed on your machine right now.
Open Metaballs in the studio

Controls

cell
A number from 4 to 48 pixels, 14 by default.
size
One blob against its cell. Above one, neighbours overlap and begin to merge
merge
How far blobs reach for each other. Below one they run into puddles; above, they pull back and the grid shows again
contrast
A number from -1 to 1, 0 by default.
paint
Photo keeps the picture inside the puddles; ink prints them as one colour on paper
ink
A colour, #101418 by default.
paper
A colour, #f4f1e8 by default.

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