CRT Screen texture

A tube with no picture on it: scanlines, shadow mask, tearing and bloom, generated from nothing.

Made with the CRT Texture generatorWorks in

Dead Channel preset

CRT Texture generates an empty television screen: scanlines, the shadow mask, tearing, bloom, moire and burn-in. Lay it over your own work in a blend mode, or use it on its own as a dead-channel background.

6presets
36settings
3apps

Same effect, different presets.

8 renders, each from its own preset or seed. Try it on yours

CRT screen texture made with the CRT Texture generator in Filter Archive (No Signal preset) — No Signal

CRT screen texture made with the CRT Texture generator in Filter Archive (Amber Terminal preset) — Amber Terminal

CRT screen texture made with the CRT Texture generator in Filter Archive (Burn In preset) — Burn In

CRT screen texture made with the CRT Texture generator in Filter Archive (Trinitron preset) — Trinitron

CRT screen texture made with the CRT Texture generator in Filter Archive (Photographed Screen preset) — Photographed Screen

Use the CRT screen texture in Photoshop, Affinity or Figma.

One licence covers all three: $9.99 a month or $59.99 once. See pricing

Photoshop

Open Filter Archive from the Plugins menu, pick CRT Texture under Backgrounds and press Apply. It draws on a new layer, no photo needed.

Mac & Windows · Photoshop 2024+

Affinity

Choose Filters, Plugins, Filter Archive on a pixel layer and pick CRT Texture. It fills that layer with the pattern.

Mac & Windows · Affinity 3

Figma

Run Filter Archive with nothing selected and pick CRT Texture. The pattern drops into your file as a new layer.

Figma Community

Settings worth touching.

Beam WidthRaster: How wide each scanline is. Thin is a sharp monitor; wide is a soft consumer TV.
Beam BloomRaster: Bright lines get fatter, the way a real tube's do.
Yoke ErrorRaster: A tiny tilt between the lines and the mask, which sets the moire fringes.

Plus 33 more in the panel, all editable after you pick a preset.

CRT Screen Texture questions.

What is a CRT screen texture?

A CRT screen texture is an overlay of scanlines, phosphor dots and noise taken from old TV and monitor screens, used on top of designs to give them a retro screen look.

How do I make a CRT screen texture in Photoshop?

Open Filter Archive from the Plugins menu and choose CRT Texture from the Backgrounds group. It draws from nothing, so you don't need a photo. Start from a preset such as Dead Channel or No Signal, adjust it while the preview updates, then press Apply to add it as a new layer.

Can I use it in Affinity or Figma?

Yes. CRT Texture runs in Affinity 3 on Mac and Windows, from Filters, then Plugins, then Filter Archive, and in Figma through the Figma Community, where generators work with nothing selected. One licence covers Photoshop, Affinity and Figma.

Which presets come with CRT Texture?

6 presets: Dead Channel, No Signal, Amber Terminal, Trinitron, Photographed Screen and Burn In. Every setting stays editable after you pick one, and you can save a stack of filters to use again.