Risograph print

Risograph print effect for images, in your browser

A real four-ink separation with rotated halftone screens and imperfect registration, on warm stock. Processed locally in the browser.

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What it does

Most risograph filters tint an image and add noise. This one separates it the way a duplicator actually would, then screens each ink at its own angle, which is where the characteristic moire and colour breakup come from.

How it works

What each control changes

Detail
Sets the screen ruling. Lower detail gives a coarser, more obviously mechanical dot; higher detail tightens it toward offset.
Contrast
Applied before separation, so it changes how much black is pulled out versus built from coloured inks.
Intensity
How completely the separation replaces the original. Lowering it reintroduces the original colour beneath the four inks, which softens the effect without coarsening the screen.
Scale
Adjusts the cell geometry the screens are laid on.
Reseed
Changes the inking wobble, which shifts the character of the imperfection without changing the separation.

Good for

Less suited to: Work that must reproduce a brand colour exactly; the separation deliberately reinterprets colour through four fixed inks.

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