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Content-Aware Grain

Started Nov 23, 2020 | Discussions thread
Krummj Contributing Member • Posts: 543
looks fairly good

I think one of the things people like about some films is how the highlights have less grain than the shadows.

Overall, in my experience digital grain is just a mild approximation. If you actually duplicated something like Tri-X it would have a lot more grain at 100%. People just don't like to see that much in their digital photos, so they don't put in a realistic amount. I don't blame them, since one of the reasons for shooting digital is avoiding grain.

Is there a way to adjust the shadows so that while having fairly strong grain there is also decent local contrast? Digital shadows have a tendency to get kind of bleh and featureless.

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