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Content-Aware Grain

Started Nov 23, 2020 | Discussions thread
Sal Baker Forum Pro • Posts: 11,553
Re: Content-Aware Grain

Truman Prevatt wrote:

For me the Nik collection provides the optimal tool for film simulations in among other things its ability to simulate realistic grain based on the film selected. I find Silver Efex to be by far the best S/W for emulating classic and the newer B&W emulsions with a very realistic grain structure with the flexibility to tweak the grain structure to taste. Granted I am partial to B&W but the few times I have used Analog Efex - it provides a comparable capability for color as Silver Efex does for B&W.

I agree.  Silver Efex Pro is one of my favorite image editors.   The grain sliders (Grain per pixel slider, Grain soft to hard slider and the many film type/tonality adjustments are wonderful for grain that looks like it's part of the image, not grain sitting on top.  And the control point technology allows for quick subtle localized edits that would be harder to do otherwise.

I've had no reason to try other B&W software so I can't give a comparison.  I'm sure there's other nice solutions out there.

Sal

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