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Terminal Portrait

A portrait whose lit side becomes green code characters on a near-black terminal, a faint ghost of the photo behind, with scan lines and phosphor bloom.
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The Terminal Portrait recipe: A portrait whose lit side becomes green code characters on a near-black terminal, a faint ghost of the photo behind, with scan lines and phosphor bloom.

What's in it

Source
Photo — Blue Light
Style
Characters, Code ramp, 9px cells, 90% coverage
Background
Blurred source at 12%
Adjust
B&W grade, Contrast +30, #39ff88 tint at 75%
Effects
Vignette 50%, Scan Lines 35%, Chromatic 15%, Bloom 35%

Make it yours

  1. Open the recipe in the studio — every setting above is loaded.
  2. Drop in your own photo or video, or pick one from the library.
  3. Adjust the cell size, grade or effects, then export PNG, SVG, text, GIF or MP4.

Built on the Characters style.

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