[HN Gopher] The rabbit hole of adding grain to digital photos ___________________________________________________________________ The rabbit hole of adding grain to digital photos Author : giuliomagnifico Score : 17 points Date : 2022-11-13 12:58 UTC (10 hours ago) (HTM) web link (vmoldo.com) (TXT) w3m dump (vmoldo.com) | jug wrote: | Thankfully, as for mobile apps, there are some authentic looking | ones out there handling both dust and grain as well as filters | based on film stock scans such as RNI Films. :) No affiliation; | it's just among the best value out there that I've found. | | For computers and Lightroom/Photoshop you have stuff like | Replichrone to help. | desro wrote: | Interesting. Definitely a challenge if accurate emulation of film | stock is desired. | | I almost always add a subtle amount of "grain" with LR when | developing photos. It looks pleasant and seems to add a sense of | coherency to an image. I find that in many cases where details | are lost to aggressive NR or otherwise simply not present, grain | can make it easier to "see" the missing detail... as with most | things, the optimal amount of noise is not zero. | ISL wrote: | If adding grain seems like a strange thing to do, consider it as | a way to signal to the eye, "This is the smallest scale on which | there is any information, you'll have to infer anything smaller." | I rarely add grain to images, but when I do, it can sometimes | give a more-organic and hence perceptually-real feeling. | | There are image-software companies whose specialties include | careful emulation of grain. I don't use them, but plugins like | https://nikcollection.dxo.com/silver-efex-pro/ are intended for | that very purpose. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-11-13 23:00 UTC)