Here's some easy stuff from home I used to make photocopy textures: But you'll get even more interesting effects if you bring some materials with you.īelow are some of the textures we tried out when building our texture pack. You can get some great looking photocopy textures just by experimenting with the photocopy machine settings. Gather items to help you make your photocopy textures You might need to slightly adjust how you work but the idea is very similar across software. These tips will help you make your own photocopy textures for Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Photo, or your favorite raster based design software. So I thought I'd share some of the tips I picked up while making the pack! It turned out to be harder that I thought to make a photocopy texture pack. The idea came from a long conversation about what a hate machine is (per NIN Pretty Hate Machine), a hilarious comic from The Oatmeal that uses the phrase "printer hate machine", and the term pretty hate machine on Google Answers.We recently released a pack called the Photocopy Hate Machine (most hilarious product name to date, I think). What's up with the name Photocopy Hate Machine? Yeah, it's a funny and weird name. All we ask is that you give us some feedback on how to improve the product. But if for any reason it's not a good fit just let us know in 60 days. We're sure you'll love your new RetroSupply Co. We hope you enjoy using the pack as much as we enjoyed making it! The RetroSupply Better-Than-Money-Back Guarantee And if you love the gritty toner goodness of copy machines this is the pack for you. ![]() We wanted you to have a texture pack that you'd come back to time and time again. We put the same hard work into making a texture pack you'd love. Whether you're an illustrator, an in-house designer, a bass player making your bands artwork, or a dabbler in the dark arts of design. You spend your days perfecting your craft. That's us (okay, we're not really that cool - but it's a nice picture). Imagine if Sonic Youth was a two people that experimented with copy machines instead of sound. So we swallowed our pride and proceeded to go to copy shops and get concerned glances as we used copy machines the WRONG way. Suzanne Sarver (partner in crime at RetroSupply Co.) knew from the beginning that we wanted REAL photocopy textures. The Photocopy Hate Machine is no exception. You probably know that when it comes to textures we love making products as authentic as possible for you. The point is, bitmap TIFFs let you relax and enjoy your work. It was like discovering a long lost hidden treasure! Like magic this complex raster texture turned into a sharp, eye-catching texture that I could use in Illustrator. Then he got the Eyedropper Tool and selected a color. The dude placed the bitmap TIFF into Illustrator. Up until about a year ago I didn't know what was so great about bitmap TIFFS. But clients and friends will think it took hours. It only takes 1-2 minutes to get killer results. Just place your work into the file, adjust the settings, and export your file. Smart PSDĪhh, the lazy man's method for creating great looking photocopy work. They're also flexible and dead simple to use. Photoshop brushes (.abr files) are as classic as a Fender Strat. Throw 'em on to your design and they do their magic. These high-resolution files are your bread and butter. That's why we're giving you three different ways to add photocopy textures to your work. Grab the Photocopy Hate Machine, crank up your favorite 90s alternative album, and make some photocopy magic! Choose the Texture Type That's Right for YouĮach project you work on is different.
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