Grunge Photo Filter Online
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What you can expect
Rough up your photos with a 90s grunge look: desaturated sickly tones, crushed contrast, gritty sharpening, coarse grain, scratches, dust, and burned edges. Control the effect with a single intensity slider.
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→Frequently asked questions
- How do I add a grunge effect to a photo?
- Select your photo and the Grunge Filter desaturates it, adds a sickly green-yellow cast, crushes contrast, and layers grain, scratches, dust, and burned edges.
- What makes a photo look grunge?
- Faded, dirty color, harsh contrast, gritty texture, and worn print damage, inspired by 90s music photography.
- Are the scratches and dust random?
- They are generated procedurally with a fixed seed, so the same photo always gets the same wear.
- What file formats can I export?
- You can export as PNG, JPEG, WebP, TIFF, BMP, or HEIC.
- Is this tool free to use?
- Yes — completely free, no account needed. Your images are processed entirely in your browser and never uploaded to a server. Downloads have no watermarks.
For developers
Use Grunge Filter from Python
Open the Jupyter notebook example to see how to run this tool from the BrushCue Python API, inspect the processing steps, and adapt the workflow for scripts or batch image jobs.
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