Manga style character workflow

GreasePencil Halftone Fill

Japanese manga-style halftone texture material for grease pencil fill in Blender

GreasePencil Halftone Fill

Version: 1.2.5

Supported Versions: Blender 5.0 and above

Installation Method

1. Open Blender, go to Edit → Preferences → Add-ons

2. Click Install… in the upper right corner.

3. Select the GreasePencil_Halftone_Fill.py file and click Install Add-on.

4. Find GreasePencil Halftone Fill in the Add-ons list and check the box to enable it.

5. Close Preferences.

⚠️ If you have previously installed an older version, please manually delete the old file in the addons folder before restarting Blender to avoid conflicts.

How to Use

Basic Steps

1. Select a Grease Pencil object

2. Go to Properties → Material

3. Select the material to apply

4. Expand the Fill section and find the Style dropdown menu

5. Select Halftone Texture

6. Switch Viewport Shading to Material Preview (Alt+Z) or Rendered (Ctrl+Alt+Z) to see the effect

⚠️ Halftone effects will not be displayed in Solid mode; this is a normal limitation of Blender GP.

Parameter Description

Parameter Description

Pattern: Pattern type: Dots / Lines / Cross / Custom

Size: Radius of the dots or thickness of the lines (0 = thinnest, 1 = full)

Scale: Pattern density; the larger the number, the more dots and the denser the texture.

Location X / Y: UV offset of the pattern within the fill area.

Rotation Z: Pattern rotation angle (seamless rotation, no seams)

Resolution: Resolution of the generated texture; higher resolution results in greater detail but slower update speed.

Resolution Recommendations:

- Quick Preview: 512 px

- General Use: 1024 px (preset)

- Fine Output: 2048 / 4096 px

Custom Mode

Selecting Custom allows you to specify a custom image as a mask:

• Square images are recommended (e.g., 512×512, 1024×1024)

• Black areas → Show (opaque)

• White or transparent areas → Cutout (Displays Material Background Color)

• The image must be opened in Blender (Image Editor → Open Image) before it can be selected from the menu.

• If the image itself is not a seamless texture, seams may appear when rotating.

Fixed Screen Size

The toggle button is located below the parameters section:

Status Effect

OFF (Preset) The pattern scales with the object; dots enlarge as the camera zooms in.

ON The pattern maintains a fixed screen size; dot size remains unchanged when the camera zooms in or out.

• When enabled, the eyedropper button next to it can reset the current camera distance as the reference point.

• Requires a camera in the scene to work.

Re-apply Halftone Button

If the effect does not update immediately after adjusting the parameters, click this button to force a reapplication.

Independent Materials

Different materials within the same Grease Pencil object can have different Halftone styles set independently, without affecting each other. For example:

• Skin → Dots, Scale 20, Rotation 45°

• Shadow → Lines, Scale 15, Rotation 0°

• Highlight → Cross, Scale 10, Rotation 30°

Removing an Addon

1. Edit → Preferences → Add-ons

2. Find GreasePencil Halftone Fill, expand it, and click Remove

3. Restart Blender

The generated HalftoneFill_* images will remain in the .blend file and can be manually deleted in the Image Editor or Outliner (Filter: Orphan Data).