In this case, we want to see the keys on the phone more, and the image itself to be a little more dirty and have a little more contrast. Now you could stop there, but the image may be “distorted” enough that your client isn’t happy.
This technique will work with 72 dpi, but the effect won’t be the same. The first thing to do is make sure you’re working at 300 dpi. But we need to add “a little something” to spice it up for a Web site splash page. Here we have a fairly boring product photo. High contrast images work best, but virtually any image will do. Read on for a step-by-step tutorial on how to create scanlines quickly and easily. The technique is used in a lot of movie posters and hi-tech imagery. One of the most popular techniques lately seems to be adding a pseudo-TV look to images, also called “Scanlines.” Here’s a down and dirty simple way to add some “tech/gritty” look to your image.
