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title: "Spots Shader"
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description: "This shader helps you to mimic the halftone appearance of low resolution print images. It generates larger or smaller spots depending on the brightness of …"
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# Spots Shader

![Image: 003055.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/003055.jpg)\
Image © by Christian Rambow.

This shader helps you to mimic the halftone appearance of low resolution print images. It generates larger or smaller spots depending on the brightness of the surface illumination.

![Image: 003056.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/003056.jpg)\
Circle / Circle with Camera / Circle with Lights / Diamond

![Image: 003057.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/003057.jpg)\
Checker / Square / Lines U / Lines V

![Image: 003058.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/003058.jpg)\
Grid / Custom texture / Circle with Invert / With color