Copy Photo Effect

The copy photo effect is all grain, grime, and ghosting — the beautiful chaos of a photocopier on its last breath. It channels the soul of lo-fi zines, Soviet samizdat, and backroom band flyers, where every smear tells a story of duplication under pressure. With its raw halftone textures and misaligned overlays, the result is perfectly imperfect — like your design was spat out of a jittery office Xerox in 1993.

It has five color options and two high-quality PSD files (horizontal and vertical), ready to attack anti-corporate posters, DIY album art, type-focused editorials, or any visual that thrives on tactile rebellion. Use the asset to roughen up clean compositions or simulate scanned archives from a decade that smelled like toner and teenage angst. A single Smart Object drag and drop, and your design starts to hum with static.

This resource is created, and fully compatible with Adobe Photoshop. For the best experience, we recommend to use the latest Creative Cloud version of the app.