Grainy Xerox Grunge Effect Photoshop Tutorial

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.
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[@NosferatuG59]

I use this technique with a regular noise filter instead of reticulation. Trying out your method I feel like reticulation maintains a bit more detail than noise and the style is visually more appealing too. Great tutorial

[@spoongraphics]

I originally used normal grain too but discovered that Reticulation had a really nice organic look to it!

[@IsacImages]

Well done Chris, a great fun idea for when I create flyers for local shows and events. Much appreciated.

[@alanjohnson4541]

Incredible job Chris.

[@leod-sigefast]

Brilliant as always and straight to the point. Cheers Chris!

[@spoongraphics]

Thank you!

[@Crack_Protein]

This looks amazing, I will definitely try it out

[@RankXer]

Muy buen tutorial Chris!!
la verdad es que con un par de filtros que has usado y otras técnicas has conseguido un efecto muy bueno, ¡¡Mis felicitaciones! se aprecia que tienes experiencia y haces experimentos en PS y salen buenos efectos. Un saludo.

[@miguimau]

Always great, Sir. Thank you!

[@XaocXIII]

Awesome video! Can you show how to add this kind of effect to a simple white design?

[@spoongraphics]

Ideally it should be applied to a photo, but I wonder if it's possible to manually paint some gradients to apply the effect to a illustration or logo. I'll have to experiment!

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[@maximumcomfort]

This is GREAT thank you!

[@MrSouthswag]

Beautiful

[@claudiobertolin]

you are genius!

[@jeanjean3]

Cool thanks!

[@mumfnah]

Very nice

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[@jarmelo2006]

Thanks!!!!!!

[@wpapme8164]

Thanks

[@mondrixartedigital726]

Minute 2:20 the magical moment :)

[@sytsebakker]

great tutorial! I had fun with it and created some nice things.
One question: if I export the image to jpg it smoothens out the noise, also if I first make a copy of merged layers. Can you send me in the right direction to an export setting which doesn't smoothens things out?
Help very appreciated!

[@spoongraphics]

Are you sure the JPEG compression isn’t too high? (Or in other words the quality too low?)
An image like this with minimal colours would be ideal for a PNG24 file for high quality use on screens

[@folismenmak8416]

how do i install this design in my photoshop?