adding grain-

System

this is from ps 'how to wow' book-

option/alt and click on new layer icon-
set mode to soft light-
turn on the fill with soft light checkbox-
click ok-

then filter>noise>add noise check gaussian and monochromatic and amount to 25-

if too digital, use filter>blur>blur-

and/or opacity slider to taste-

AntoineD

I'll give it a try

claudermilk

I saw a while ago someone took a scan of an actual film slide to get the grain, then did hte overlay & opacity trick. the examples were awesome. I think I have the file he made available floating round here somewhere...

It's a cool technique, though.

saurora

What's Cookin'?
I'll have to give it a try George. Your's always turn out so neat. Funny...whenever I read these actions, I feel like I'm reading a recipe in a cookbook! :hotcake

System

claudermilk wrote:

I saw a while ago someone took a scan of an actual film slide to get the grain, then did hte overlay & opacity trick. the examples were awesome. I think I have the file he made available floating round here somewhere...

It's a cool technique, though.

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I like it, but I'll probably do it so much that everybody will be sick of it-

System

saurora wrote:

I'll have to give it a try George. Your's always turn out so neat. Funny...whenever I read these actions, I feel like I'm reading a recipe in a cookbook! :hotcake

hah!-

googling on photoshop and grain just a minute ago and found this book-

'Photoshop Photo Effects Cookbook'-

Rene`

Gettin rid of grain......
What I want to know is the best way to get rid of grain! ( I got lots of it)

gefillmore wrote:

this is from ps 'how to wow' book-

option/alt and click on new layer icon-
set mode to soft light-
turn on the fill with soft light checkbox-
click ok-

then filter>noise>add noise check gaussian and monochromatic and amount to 25-

if too digital, use filter>blur>blur-

and/or opacity slider to taste-

richtersl

Check out a product called NeatImage

Rene` wrote:

What I want to know is the best way to get rid of grain! ( I got lots of it)

NeatImage will get rid of grain/noise in your photos.

There's a tutorial here that explains how it works:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/neatimage.shtml


And here's their web site from where you can download a trial version:

http://www.neatimage.com/index.html