Paper

Paper simulates the photo as a print. It goes on last, over the frame and any text.

Strength sets how strong the whole effect is. New Variation creates a new random sheet with the same settings.

Age fades the print’s dyes. Cast picks which dye fades first. Toward warm, cyan fades first and the whites turn yellow. Toward cool, yellow fades first and the whites turn blue. A black and white print fades and gets a silvery sheen instead. Yellowing tans the paper from the edges in. Foxing adds reddish-brown spots, from pinpoints to coin size.

Surface sets the paper finish. Lustre has a fine pebble texture. Silk has a cloth texture pressed into the coating. Linen is a coarser canvas. Matte is an air-dried fiber paper. Laid is the handmade paper of the oldest prints. Strength sets the depth of the texture, Size its scale and Sheen its shine. The sheen shows most in the blacks.

Print prints the photo as a halftone. Newsprint uses a coarse screen on grey paper. Offset is finer on uncoated paper. Magazine is fine on coated white paper. Book prints on a cream page. Strength sets how visible the dots are. Size sets the screen size. Dot Gain sets how far the ink spreads. Faults adds printing errors. In the middle of its range, the color plates sit a few dots out of register. At the top, they misprint, with slurred dots, streaks and spots. White areas stay bare paper, so a white border or white text gets no dots. A black and white photo prints in black ink only.

Folds creases the paper. Choose Vertical, Horizontal, Quarters, Letter or Crumpled. Each fold has a light and a dark side, and the coating cracks white along it. Strength sets how deep the crease is, and Size how wide. Wear adds fine white specks and scratches, densest near the edges. Density, Size and Strength set how many, how big and how visible.

The preview and the export show the same sheet. On video, the sheet stays still while the picture moves under it.