[HN Gopher] All about that grain ___________________________________________________________________ All about that grain Author : bpierre Score : 12 points Date : 2022-09-23 14:39 UTC (8 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.fxhash.xyz) (TXT) w3m dump (www.fxhash.xyz) | planetsprite wrote: | Is grain actually an aesthetic boon to digital art, or does it | seem that way just because we associate it with printed work, and | we associate printed work with higher quality. | learndeeply wrote: | Grain increases perceived sharpness and decreases gradient | banding, so there's more benefits than just nostalgia. | vouaobrasil wrote: | Grain in photography can evoke feelings of roughness and | emotion. It's especially effective in portrait photography. If | there are subtle gradients, grain also hides those and prevents | the obvious look of posterization. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-09-23 23:00 UTC)