RASTUS export plugin for stochastic screening
Copyright 1996-2006 Toby Thain, support@telegraphics.com.au
A plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that creates high-resolution stochastically screened (screenless, also known as Frequency Modulation or error diffusion, similar to Agfa CristalRaster) bitmaps from halftone images.
RASTUS has proved ideal for producing high resolution (near-continuous tone) negatives for contact prints using alternative photographic processes, and "screenless" halftones for offset printing.
It has several advantages over in-RIP solutions:
- low cost
- works with any imagesetter
- supports TIFF and EPS output
- can produce output bitmap images larger than Photoshop's 30,000 pixel limit
- uses interpolation for high quality results
- can produce a variety of dot sizes (successfully tested on newsprint)
- can create files with any number of separable channels in DCS 2.0 format
- can be used to create "transparent" drop shadows and similar effects
- a free evaluation version is available.
RASTUS is currently being used in many applications:
- Platinum, palladium, and gum over platinum prints
- Van Dyke and silver gelatin prints
- Albumen prints
- Photopolymer (solar) plates for letterpress
- Photogravure plates (eliminating the dusting process)
- Offset printing plates
- Lenticular imagery.
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RASTUS has the endorsement of several experts in alternative process printing. See this page for some comments or contact us for more information.How to buy
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