Every graphic effect, free.
Mote is a free Windows app that turns photos and videos into print and digital graphic effects: halftone, risograph, ASCII art, stippling, dithering, duotone, fluted glass, VHS and glitch. 138 real-time effects, PNG/SVG/PDF/MP4 export, no account, no watermark. A browser version, Mote Web, lets you try it without installing; your photo never leaves your computer.
Each page below answers one precise question: how to get a given effect, with which setting, and what Mote can and can’t do. Most of them can be tried right away in your browser, with Mote Web already set to the effect.
All effects
- 01Free halftone effect: turn a photo into dots
A photo turned into dots, like a newspaper or a comic. Open in Mote Web → - 02Turn any image into ASCII art
An image or a video rebuilt from characters. Open in Mote Web → - 03Free dithering effect for photos and video
Pixel dithering: Floyd-Steinberg, Atkinson, Bayer. Open in Mote Web → - 04Free risograph effect, with real separations
Riso inks, misregistration, and real layers for the print shop. Open in Mote Web → - 05Stippling generator with SVG export
Thousands of dots placed one by one, as SVG or PDF. Open in Mote Web → - 06Free duotone effect
Two inks, and the whole picture. Open in Mote Web → - 07VHS and glitch effects, free and watermark-free
Tape, CRT screen, corrupted file, in real time. (Not in Mote Web) - 08Fluted glass effect
The image behind ribbed glass, in real time. (Not in Mote Web) - 09Print effects on video
Halftone, ASCII, stippling and dithering on video, frame by frame. Open in Mote Web →
01 · Halftone →
02 · ASCII art →
03 · Dithering →
04 · Risograph →
05 · Stippling →
06 · Duotone →
07 · VHS and glitch →
08 · Fluted glass →
- Price
- Free, no account, no watermark
- System
- Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit
- macOS
- not yet
- Modes
- Spora, Puncta, Linea, Chroma, Glypha, Prisma, Kinema
- Image export
- PNG, JPEG, WebP, TIFF (CMYK with Chroma)
- Vector export
- SVG and PDF (Linea), SVG (Glypha)
- Video export
- MP4, WebM, GIF (Glypha)
- Offline
- yes, everything is computed on your computer
- Online trial
- Mote Web, five modes, 1200 px export
- Made by
- Akpic, independent designer
Questions
- Is Mote really free?
- Yes. The app downloads and runs without paying, without an account, without credits to top up and without a watermark on exports. There is no paid tier hidden behind it.
- Is there a Mac version?
- Not yet: Mote runs on Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit). On a Mac, Mote Web works in the browser with five modes and six styles each.
- Do I need an account?
- No. The site account only serves to get an email when a new version is out. The app and Mote Web work without one.
- Can I use the images in a commercial project?
- Mote adds no watermark or credit line to what you export. What matters is the rights to your starting photo: if it is yours, the screened image is yours too.
- Is my photo uploaded anywhere?
- No. The app computes everything on your computer, even offline. So does Mote Web: rendering happens in the page, the photo never goes to a server.
- Who makes Mote?
- Akpic, an independent designer. Mote brings screening, ink, character and effect tools together in one window, tools you used to have to hunt for across several programs.
Ready to print.
07 Download- Version
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- System
- Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit
- File
- —
- Price
- Free
- Updates
- offered at launch, never forced
- Language
- English or French
- macOS
- not yet
On first launch, Windows may say “unknown publisher”: click “More info”, then “Run anyway”.