Kieraw has it almost right. I cheated and went over to ActionXChange where I found an action that does this. By running the action and backtracking through History, it appears to be done as follows: Make a new alpha channel. With that channel selected, create the shape you want to be "dotted". Run gaussian blur on the alpha - more blur will make the dots go further into the shape. Less blur will limit the dots to the edges. Next, use Pixelate > Color Halftone. Use the Max Radius setting to increae the size of your largest dots and thus dot size change over the effect. When you have what you want, Ctrl-click the alpha, click the RGB channel and go to Layers where you can then create what you want in the colors you want. Note: for some reason, the action I was looking at used Select > Similar after selecting the alpha. I'm not sure this is necessary - seemed to fudge my selection. Kieraw really had it already. -Jay Arraich