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title: "HalftoneHover — Framer component · Best of Framer"
description: "$2.00 · Framer component · by Viper Guy · Effects. HalftoneHover actually reads each pixel's brightness and draws a proportionally sized dot in its place."
canonical: "https://framer.elliotli.dev/component/halftonehover"
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# HalftoneHover

Photo-to-halftone hover. No code needed.

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## Summary

HalftoneHover actually reads each pixel's brightness and draws a proportionally sized dot in its place.

## Description

Turn any photo into a living, interactive piece of design. On hover, your image **crossfades** into a halftone dot-art rendition — the same technique used in editorial print design and concert posters — rendered in real time directly in the browser.

**What makes it different from a CSS filter:** Most hover effects simply darken or blur the image. HalftoneHover actually _reads_ each pixel's brightness and draws a proportionally sized dot in its place. Bright areas produce large dots; shadow areas produce finer ones. Facial contours and texture survive the transformation because shadows are never allowed to disappear completely — a technique called luminance lifting.

**What you get:**

-   Drop-in Framer code component, no custom code on your end
    
-   Connect any image via Framer's native image picker — drag and drop
    
-   Fully responsive — fills whatever frame you place it in
    
-   6 visual controls in the properties panel: dot spacing, dot color, background color, minimum dot size, fade duration, and corner radius
    
-   Smooth opacity crossfade on hover and mouse leave
    
-   Instant rendering — image is downsampled before processing so there is no visible delay
    

## Rank history [How rankings work →](/terms#rankings)

-   All · #11084

## Details

- **Author**: Viper Guy
- **Price**: $2.00
- **Published**: 2026-06-05
- **Updated**: 2026-06-05
- **Added**: 2026-05-31
- **Categories**: Effects

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