Looks

Image texture effects, explained

Each look below is a documented effect you can open directly in the editor with its settings already loaded. Everything renders in your browser; no image is ever uploaded.

• Paper textureLay an image onto warm stock with fibre, tonal drift, and sparse flecks. Runs locally in the browser, so the source never leaves your device.
• Risograph printA real four-ink separation with rotated halftone screens and imperfect registration, on warm stock. Processed locally in the browser.
• Halftone crossesA halftone whose marks change shape as tone deepens: nothing, then dots, then crosses. Rendered locally in the browser.
• Cyanotype blueprintMap an image through archival blues, from deep navy to pale wash, with fine exposure grain. Processed locally in the browser.
• PixelateAverage an image into hard cells and reduce its colour depth, for deliberate low-resolution character. Runs locally in the browser.
• ASCII artRebuild an image from monospaced characters chosen by local brightness, on a cell grid that respects character proportions. Runs locally in the browser.

Grain Studio ships 6 documented looks and 25 effects in total. The rest are in the editor's own catalog.