Image quality like this? 77 Responses

Last post: 9 months, 2 weeks ago | Thread started: Aug 6, 12, 5:41 p.m.

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• newuser

  How do I get a photocopy to look like this?

  Do I need a crappy one from the 80's? My copy machine / BW printer just makes everything muddy.

  

  Aug 6, 12, 5:41 p.m. – Permalink

• CALLES

  PS

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 12, 5:46 p.m. – Permalink

• scarabin

  take your image, desaturate and adjust the contrast using levels or brightness/contrast.

  then take one of these textures http://tinyurl.com/98hmvec and set it to "screen" blending mode above your art. adjust opacity until you're satisfied.

  make a new layer, fill it with red, and set it to "multiply" blending mode on top of that.

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 12, 5:57 p.m. – Permalink

• newuser

  Is it possible with newer machines? Or is the only way through PS?

  • you could drive around trying to find retro machines hoping one turns out the way you want or you could spend 4 minutes in photoshop– scarabin1/3

    photoshop...– scarabin2/3

    lol– dopepope3/3

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 12, 7:04 p.m. – Permalink

• _niko

  have you tried making a copy of a copy until the desired effect is reached?

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 12, 7:14 p.m. – Permalink

• Llyod

  shit I haven't seen a proper zine in many years

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 12, 7:30 p.m. – Permalink

• NONEIS

  Try your local library, they usually have really old / bad coin operated copiers – copy it, then copy the copies again and again...

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 12, 8:05 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  The trick is to start with a bad original, ideally from newsprint. This is because the paper is a light gray, and the print is barely black. The copier has to deal with figuring out how to make a clean image at the same time as unsuccessfully reproducing the low dpi of the image. The result is exactly what you're looking for. And like NONEIS, then you make copies of copies.

  • bad contrast grayscale fucks up any crappy copier with a contrast setting– monospaced

  

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  Dog-earAug 6, 12, 8:53 p.m. – Permalink