Bad Smudged Scan Photo Effect

This effect is a time-worn artifact that recreates the aesthetics of a failed scan: noise, creases, dust, and horizontal lines. The details stay blurred, giving visuals a vintage, distressed feel. It looks like images scanned from old photocopies or documents passed through a low-quality fax — all combined into two high-quality PSD files, horizontal and vertical formats, allowing you to get fast results with Smart Objects. This effect is perfect for posters, album covers, social media posts, apparel prints, stationery, posters, and music albums.

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.