Observed arrival · 2026-11-11
Mote brings printmaking effects to a Windows graphics app
A free Windows app for applying halftone, risograph, stippling, ASCII, and other print-inspired effects to photos, posters, and video.
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- For
- Designers making print-like images, posters, or video
- Worth noticing
- The browser demo exports PNGs up to 1200 pixels; the page says photo processing happens locally in the browser.
Field notes
The app organizes its effects into named modes, and the page gives a keyboard example: Ctrl+K, then type an effect such as “old newspaper.” Its browser edition has a smaller feature set and caps PNG exports at 1200 pixels. The homepage also shows a step-by-step poster recipe combining a tiger photo, a hand-cut selection, cloud and contour backgrounds, and two risograph passes.
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