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Risograph Effect
Apply Risograph to images and videos online
Apply a realistic Risograph effect with color-separated inks, scanned grain, paper tone, and subtle registration drift. Recreate the look of handmade riso prints, zines, posters, and screen-printed artwork directly in your browser. Also known as: riso filter, screen print effect, color separation effect
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Ideas for using the effect
Zines and art prints
Create bold riso-style layouts for zines, posters, editorial artwork, and independent print projects.
Duotone and tritone portraits
Turn portraits into layered spot-color prints with fluorescent reds, blues, yellows, pinks, and greens.
Handmade poster texture
Add imperfect ink coverage, paper warmth, and visible print grain to digital posters and illustrations.
Experimental color separation
Use per-channel black and white mixers to decide which parts of the image print in each ink.
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$ 12 /monthCommercial license with full features. High-resolution exports, longer clips, and work without watermarks.
- No watermarks
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- Dynamic effects export
- 4k resolution export
- 120s video export
- Save and share up to 10 custom presets
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$ 20 /monthKeyframes, longer video exports and unlimited presets.
- Animate effects with keyframes
- Up to 5 minutes video export
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- Keyframe timeline controls
- Reusable animation settings
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Risograph effect?
Risograph effect simulates riso printing by separating the image into multiple ink channels, tinting each channel with a spot ink, adding scanned grain, shifting registration, and compositing the layers with subtractive overprint.
Is this the same as a duotone filter?
No. A duotone filter usually maps an image between two colors. Risograph supports up to four ink channels, per-channel tone mixing, real grain texture, paper color, and registration offsets for a more authentic print process.
What controls does the Risograph effect include?
You can adjust paper color, grain scale, grain opacity, grain softness, grain contrast, ink colors, ink enable switches, per-channel black and white mixers, and per-channel registration shifts.
Can I choose real riso ink colors?
Yes. The effect includes a curated set of 35 Riso GT72 spot-ink colors, including classic blues, reds, yellows, greens, metallics, and fluorescent inks.
Why does the effect add misregistration?
Real riso printing often has small alignment shifts between ink drums. Registration controls let each ink drift independently, creating authentic color fringes and overprint edges.
Can I use this on videos?
Yes. Risograph works on both images and videos. It is especially useful for music videos, title cards, posterized loops, and print-inspired motion graphics.
How do I get a classic riso look?
Start with two or three inks, increase grain opacity, use a warm paper color, and add small registration shifts. Bright Red, Blue, Yellow, Fluorescent Pink, and Fluorescent Green are good starting inks.