This grungy grainy style of image is often called the Xerox effect because of its similarity to old photocopied images. The image is given a high-contrast black-and-white appearance with shading generated by large grainy noise textures. Follow along with this tutorial to discover which combination of filters achieves the look and how you can customise the final appearance with my free duotone gradient presets.

Assets Used

► Woman photo from Unsplash – https://spoon.graphics/3VO6iVg
► Skull image from Pexels – https://spoon.graphics/3ROlHEa

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FREE Xerox Grunge Smart PSD

Download this FREE Smart PSD to easily recreate the effect with your own images by replacing the contents of the Smart Object. The artwork is given a high-contrast appearance with shading generated by large grainy noise textures, all customisable by altering the layers within the PSD file.

Download My Free Xerox Grunge Smart PSD