tone - photos, printed

tone is a photo app that gives your photos and illustrations the character of stencil printing. It is built from the details that make print feel physical: halftone dots, layered inks, subtle misregistration, and paper grain.

Pick a photo, and it becomes something like a two-color poster or zine page.

Layer photos together in one printed composition. Drawings and text can also be added as material for the overprint.

In Simple mode, tap the random buttons to explore combinations of colors, halftones, and frames. A guided tour walks you from loading an image to exporting it.

Inks that fit your photo can be chosen automatically. Export right away, or fine-tune dot frequency, screen angle, and ink density for each color.

Move, scale, and rotate photos directly on the preview. Crop each image and edit its corners and margins on the canvas. Add rounded corners, hand-cut edges, and paper grain to finish it like a poster or card.

Save finished artwork as PNG or JPEG to your photo library.

tone supports phones and tablets in portrait and landscape. On a wide screen, keep the preview and controls side by side and adjust their widths for your workspace.

Your latest artwork and editing settings are saved on device and restored automatically the next time you launch tone.

Features:

• Give photos and illustrations the texture of print
• Combine photos, drawings, and text in an overprinted composition
• Simple, Customize, and Advanced modes
• Halftone-dot and grain screening
• Automatic ink selection that fits your photo
• Per-color dot, angle, density, and print controls
• Paper stocks including white, natural, gray, and kraft
• Direct move, scale, rotate, crop, corner, and margin editing
• Built-in presets and whole-composition custom presets
• Step-by-step views of separation, screening, and overprint
• PNG / JPEG artwork export
• Phones and tablets, portrait and landscape
• Automatic editing-session save and restore
• Available in Japanese, English, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Hong Kong)

7 extra inks, custom preset saving, and 2x/3x high-resolution artwork export are unlocked with the one-time purchase “Ink Set 02”.