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Create a retro postcard

here are lots of popular retro phone filters, apps and effects that make it very easy to give photographs the look of an old print. But their popularity means that they can get overused. If you want to craft a refined, original retro effect, then you need to tailor it to the specific image, and this sort of control can only be achieved in proper image editors like Affinity

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