Bad Copy Photo Effect

This effect creates visual tension through noise, blur, and misalignment. Smudged contrast, folding textures, and ghosted duplicates lend each composition a bootlegged urgency — both archival and rebellious. Use it for editorial portraits, underground flyers, lookbook spreads, album art, protest graphics, experimental branding, theater posters, and more. The effect thrives in black and white but can easily be paired with bold type or overprinted color.

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.