Halftone

A halftone field: a grid of dots whose size follows slow waves of light rolling across the frame, like newsprint breathing, with a second offset screen in the other accent printed over it.

backdrops/halftone
Backdrops
scene
Full frame
8 s (2–60 s)

Halftone at 16:9 — Playing live with volito/browser, the engine a render uses. Each tab lays the item out again for that shape, not a crop.

Render it

npx volito render backdrops/halftone --out halftone.mov

That writes ProRes 4444. The same item in another shape, brand or format:

volito render backdrops/halftone --aspect 9:16 --style cobalt --out halftone-9x16.mov
volito render backdrops/halftone --format mp4 --out halftone.mp4
volito still backdrops/halftone --t 4 --out halftone.png
volito info backdrops/halftone     # every prop and part
volito add backdrops/halftone      # copy its source into ./motion to edit

From Node:

import { findItem, renderVideo } from "volito";

await renderVideo(findItem("backdrops/halftone"), { props: {}, out: "halftone.mov" });

Or ask an agent with the MCP server connected: “Render the Volito halftone (backdrops/halftone) in 9:16, in our brand.”

Props

Set each with --prop name=value, or all at once with --props and a JSON object.

Prop	Type	Default	Takes
`scale` Dot size	number	1	0.5 – 2.5
`speed`	number	1	0 – 3
`layers` Screens	choice	two	two \| one
`vignette` Dark edges	boolean	false	—

Parts

Each part takes any move, ease or idle: --motion ground.in=pop.

Part	What it is
`ground`	the ground
`dots`	the dots

Tags: halftone, dots, print, riso, pattern

Halftone

Render it

Props

Parts

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