Retro

Newsprint — AI Retro filter

Vintage halftone newspaper.

Vintage halftone newsprint: your photo reproduced in the dot matrix of an old newspaper, ink slightly heavy, contrast set by a press operator with a deadline. This filter renders the full print-process texture — visible halftone dots, paper gray, edges gone soft with ink spread. Portraits come out looking like coverage: of what, the caption is yours to invent.

Newsprint AI filter result example — Retro
Newsprint — generated with Editable

How to use it

  1. 1.

    Get Editable

    Download Editable (free) from the App Store and open the Explore tab.

  2. 2.

    Pick the Newsprint filter

    Find Newsprint under Retro and tap Try.

  3. 3.

    Choose a photo

    Pick a photo from your library — the edit runs automatically and is ready in seconds.

Tip: High-contrast source photos survive the halftone screen with the most detail.