Effect
CRT screen curve effect
Bulge the frame like the glass of an old tube screen.
Without
With CRT Curve
How it works
CRT Curve bends the finished frame like the curved glass of a cathode-ray tube: the centre swells slightly, the edges bow outward and the corners round off into a black bezel. It acts last, after every other effect, so scan lines and fringing curve with the screen.
Effects apply to the finished frame, so CRT Curve works with every style, and the Intensity slider sets how strong it is. It appears in PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF and video exports; text and SVG exports contain the grid only.
Tips
- 20–50% reads as a screen without hiding the picture.
- Add Scan Lines, Chromatic and Bloom for the full old-monitor look.
- Strong settings crop the corners, so keep the subject near the centre.
More effects
- VignetteDarken the corners to pull the eye to the centre.
- Scan LinesHorizontal lines and a rolling bright band, like an old monitor.
- ChromaticSplit the image into offset red and cyan copies.
- BloomMake bright glyphs glow into the dark around them.
- Film GrainMoving monochrome noise, like photographic film.
- GlitchDisplaced slices and colour bars, like a corrupted signal.
- PixelateDownsample the finished frame into big square blocks.
- HalftoneA newspaper dot screen over your image.
- Film DustSpecks, hairs and scratches, like projected film.
- HalationA wide, warm-red glow around the brightest parts, like film.