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CRT Filter

Screenshots and a trailer that look too clean to feel retro? Show your pixel art on an arcade cabinet, a home TV, a VGA monitor or a handheld LCD, with scanlines, glow and curved glass.

Retro screen looks for screenshots and trailers, in your browser.

Use it: 3 days for $1 Included in Gridwright with all 31 tools and every pack, $17 a month.

In your browserNothing to installYour work saved to your accountOpens on any device you sign in on

CRT Filter at work
CRT Filter at work in your browser.

What CRT Filter does

A retro game's screenshots can look too clean for the era the game comes from. The CRT Filter shows your pixel art on a simulated old screen: an arcade cabinet, a home TV, a VGA monitor or a handheld LCD, with scanlines, phosphor masks, curved glass, glow and signal noise.

It finds the real pixel size of an enlarged screenshot by itself, so the scanlines line up with your pixels. Open a screenshot, a GIF or a short clip, tune the preset, and save a PNG, a GIF or a video for your store page and trailer.

How it works

  1. Open a screenshot, a GIF or a short clip.
  2. Pick a preset: arcade, home TV, PC monitor or handheld.
  3. Tune the scanlines, mask, glow and curve.
  4. Save a PNG, a GIF or a video.

What you get out

  • PNG
  • Video (MP4 / WebM)
  • GIF
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Packs to use it with

Pixel FontsPixel fontsScreen TransitionsEffectsHorror VFXEffectsPixel Fonts 2Pixel fonts

More tools to effects and light

Particle FX BakerLooping pixel-art effectsNormal MapsNormal maps for 2D lighting

FAQ

Is CRT Filter free?

CRT Filter is part of Gridwright: every tool and every asset pack for $17 a month, and you can start with 3 days for $1. It runs in your browser, with nothing to install.

Can I download CRT Filter?

No. CRT Filter runs inside Gridwright, in your browser, and what you make there is saved to your account, so it is on every device you sign in on. What it exports (your sprites, maps, sounds and engine files) downloads to your computer and stays yours.

What does CRT Filter export?

CRT Filter exports PNG, Video (MP4 / WebM), GIF.

Does CRT Filter work with Godot?

Yes. Everything it makes is a standard file (PNG and friends) that Godot, Unity and every other engine opens.

Can I use what I make in a commercial game?

Yes. What you make with the Gridwright tools goes into free and commercial games on any platform.

Your game, looking finished

Every Gridwright asset pack, made to fit together, and all 31 tools for the fiddly work, with every new release, for $17 a month. Try it in your own game first: 3 days for $1, cancel any time.

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