Trying to create a gritty, newspaper scan effect

Hey guys, I've been trying to get a gritty, realistic newspaper scan effect with paper texture but I can't seem to get it. I was following the instructing from this post (find the link https://ift.tt/39SZ1d1 , it's the reply from Pierre Vreins) because his resulting image is exactly what I want but can't seem to get. Ive been putting my image into grayscale, then bitmap. Then I render clouds and pixelated it w mezzotint,...

Trying to create a gritty, newspaper scan effect

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