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Risograph Effect

Two-color ink layers

This tool acts as a risograph simulator, separating your image into a dark ink and a light ink layer. You can select from curated palette presets or define your own ink colors. The inks blend over a chosen paper color, ensuring the paper tone heavily influences the final risograph style.

Halftone screening

The risograph filter applies a visible halftone dot structure to the image. Adjust the halftone size to control the coarseness of the screen. Smaller values create a finer, more detailed texture, while larger values produce a chunky, graphic risograph effect suited for bold posters.

Tone lift and registration

Tone lift brightens the midtones, preventing darker images from collapsing into an unreadable ink mass. A slight misregister setting offsets the two ink layers, mimicking the imperfect plate alignment of a risograph photo. You can use the reseed button to regenerate the random print variation and roughness.

Browser-based processing

You can generate a risograph online without uploading your image to a server. The risograph generator handles the image processing locally using a pure procedural approach. You can convert any JPEG, PNG, or WebP, achieving authentic risograph printing online and exporting the full-resolution print instantly.

Frequently Asked Questions

JPEG, PNG, and WebP. The downloaded file keeps the original format of your uploaded image.

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The tool simulates a two-ink print using separate light and dark ink layers, halftone dots, paper tone, print roughness, and slight misregistration for a more convincing Riso-inspired result.

Tone Lift brightens the middle tones so subjects stay more readable, especially in dark portraits or low-key photos. Higher values preserve more facial detail, shapes, and paper reserve instead of letting shadows collapse into one heavy ink mass.

Misregister adds a slight offset between the two ink layers to mimic the imperfect plate alignment you often see in print. Lower values look cleaner, while higher values feel more handmade and obviously printed.

Reseed creates a fresh print variation by changing the random patterning and subtle print irregularities, which helps the result feel less mechanically identical.

The preview is capped for speed, but the download renders the final image at full resolution.

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