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Make something with character.

Practical guides for turning your photos and videos into prints, photo series, and moving artwork.

4 guides

Pressed

Explore Pressed
A woman beside a waterfront railing with Pink & Blue

Guide / Pressed

How to create a risograph effect on iPhone

Turn one image into a print. Compare two real presets and follow the steps in Pressed.

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Koi illustration printed with overlapping pink and blue inks

Guide / Pressed

Make the grainy two-color print look

Explore overlapping pink and blue, visible dots, paper texture, and offset ink edges.

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Evening canal illustration with Rosewater Letter

Process / Pressed

Make a consistent photo series for a zine

Use one palette across three images, then take the artwork into your zine layout.

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Music illustration in Crimson and Blue using the Harbor preset

Guide / Pressed

Export color separations from iPhone

Inspect two separate ink pages, download the sample PDF, and plan your print setup.

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1 guide

InkWaltz

Explore InkWaltz
A botanical moment given the shifting character of ink on paper with moving ink and paper texture.

Guide / InkWaltz

Give a video an ink-and-paper look

Choose a press, shape ink and motion, and export a short video.

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Toned

Explore Toned
A woman outside a café with warm window light and cool rainy-evening shadows in the finished print treatment.

Guide / Toned

Make a film-style photo in Toned

Choose film, develop the negative, and use a test strip to find your print.

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