How do I achieve an authentic predigital look using modern means?

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>>273767

I dont just mean generally, but specifically the sort of softness of the typeface. Look how it doesnt ''pop'' like digital. Should I just print out the art and rescan?

Im trying to design album art, and make it look identical to work from this era.

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>>273768
>>273767

I mean specifically, if i use the same typeface and colors "recreating it digitally". the same white will be too uniform or still have too much contrast compared to the rest of the image. (here the type is super flat and A PART of the cover)

>>273769
Save it as a shitty jpeg.

>>273784
Gee thanks. Guess no one has ever attempted anything like this before huh

Printing on matte paper the paint gets absorbed more reducing dynamic range, the pictures are less contrasty. Paint on glossy paper stays thicker as less of it gets absorbed, the print has more contrast.

Printing plates can also have alignment or paint spread problems leading to color shifts, producing fuzzy image. When pressing, paint spreads either way.

>>273769
desaturate? add noise? Post a clean picture and il try and make it look predigital

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>>273794
Thanks for the response, i took a screenprinting class and suspected that would be a good method. I may try printing the image out and scanning it again multiple times and see if that helps.

>>273844
If you would like! I know this isnt the greatest source material (you may recgonizer this image from mu)

Photoshop. If you want you could go into the color channels and blur the cyan, magenta and yellow channels slightly. Keep the black channel sharp. This will give you the softness your looking for

>>273788
... But I was being serious.

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>>273889
like this?

>>273922
yeah that looks pretty good! What was your proccess

>>274026
new layer, add noise, darken blend mode (I think) played around with the saturation of the image layer.

then as the guy said above, saved a jpg with only 2 quality

>>274069
it really does just look like bad image compression
well done /gd/

>>274070
>>274069

I was being nice. I dont think it achieved much except looking washed out or less contrasty

>>273788
Gee i dont know maybe scale it up 3-7% to imitate the ink bleeding process