Choose a texture and how strong it looks

Switch textures

Pick a texture from the cards in the control center. To browse the whole collection, open Settings → Textures.

Pin up to 4 favorites to the control center so they’re always one click away. You can also cycle through textures with a hotkey, ⌥⌘T on a Mac by defaultCtrl + Alt + T on Windows by default.

On the free version for Windows, you get Classic Matte and up to 1 hour of Paperman a day. The rest of the collection, and unlimited daily use, come with Paperman Unlimited.

Prefer the original grain?

Classic Matte was rebuilt in version 3.9 so the grain stays sharp and even on every kind of display. That version is now called Classic Matte (Reworked). If you liked the grain from before, pick Classic Matte (Legacy) in Settings → Textures. Each card has a Reworked or Legacy tag so you can tell them apart.

Adjust the intensity

Drag the intensity slider in the control center to make the texture subtler or stronger. For small changes, click the sun icons on either side of the slider to nudge it by 1%.

Each texture remembers its own intensity, separately for light and dark mode.

Use different textures for day and night

Paperman keeps a Daytime and a Nighttime texture, and switches between them to match your system’s light or dark appearance. A Now label shows which one is active.

Want the texture to follow what’s on each screen instead? See Match the texture to what’s on your screen.