Adding grain?

[exiled4979]

Lightroom 3 Beta 2 has a Noise adjustment slider, looks god awful (forgot to mention that in the Lightroom thread the other day..)

martin

interestingly enough, I find Lightroom3 noise to be rather good, although, I admit, looks right only if applied with pretty high values, and then downsized, it's not really believable when printed, but ok, still better than digital noise normally present at high ISOs...

 

[nightfly]

Is this in Lightroom or Photoshop or something else?

You don`t just add grain. Pick color or mono, small, or large, soft or sharp, then use "blend if" to keep grain out of shadows and highlights . Split the sliders with the alt key or command key to make smooth transitions. Then adjust the opacity of that layer to suit.

I defy you to tell it from real film.

 

[Peter S]

It is in Photoshop, but must be after CS3, because I do not recognize all of the options. On www.thelightsright.com/CreatingARealisticFilmGrainEffect they explain a similar technique.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I kinda like the LR3 grain effect.

 

[Ronald M]

I apply the grain to a new layer of the image in Photoshop.

If you just add grain you get garbage.

 

[dantes]

Thanks for the link Peter S -

I do think the LR grain is OK... but when comparing it TrueGrain, just isnt as authentic.

What do you all think of the monochrome conversion in TrueGrain: http://grubbasoft.s3.amazonaws.com/truegrain-video-1.2.mov

How does this conversion compare with LR or Nik?

 

[Jamie123]

Back when I started the thread LR3 hadn't been out yet. Now I also use LR3 for grain and love it.

While the thread continued being mostly about grain in b&w pictures, I started it to inquire about adding grain in a color photo. Unlike most I usually don't add grain in order to get a grainy picture. I'm not after the 35mm grain look. What I do is add just a little bit of grain to give the image a subtle texture and 'hide' the pixels.
If I do any kind of cloning or spot removal I apply the grain only after I'm done retouching.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Whoa, TrueGrain is cheap now! I might well buy it. Nice deal indeed.

 

[dantes]

Yeah, much cheaper now -- I remember seeing it many years ago. It was $300 a few years ago!

I was wondering why I didnt just get it in the first place.

Also, how do you all think the b & W conversion compares to Nik Silver Efex -- which I think does some grain too now...(http://niktrainingvideos.com/video/sep/SEP_Film_Types/SEP_Film_Types.html)