Simple app to make images look like they're on an old CRT display
by Rob Beschizza · Boing BoingEverytime I want to make pixel art look old-timey, I find myself searching for and fussing with online filter sites that don't look right, or trying to do something clever with scanlines or shadowmask textures in Photoshop, which also never looks quite right. CRT View is an app for Windows, MacOS and Linux that looks quite right.
View any image with my CRT filter applied Use Up/Down cursor keys to toggle display mode Use F11 to toggle fullscreen ESC to exit. Pass the filename of your image as command-line parameter (or just drag-drop it onto the EXE). Pre-built binaries can be found here: https://mattiasgustavsson.itch.io/crtview
It's by Mattias Gustavsson, who maintains the source code at Github. On Mac I had to launch it from the terminal, but on Windows you can apparently drag and drop images onto it. F8 exports! See also ShaderGlass, a desktop magnifier-type tool that does the same thing (but is Windows-only)