Post-Production #4: Best Photoshop Film Grain Tutorial with No Plugins!

[@kilbuda]

Excellent! Looking forward to grain for color.

[@sarundayo]

Excellent video. Liking the variety in the channel. Congrats on the 2K followers!

[@dphog]

Thanks Tony

[@grahamhgraham]

Deserves a larger following but the fashion seems to be for pixel count, brand cult & gadgets. Shame, cos this is one channel where you come to talk about the art of photography more than physics.

[@dphog]

Thank you so much Graham - unfortunately we are painfully aware that we don't cater to the high subscriber end... to our detriment... we will however do our best to keep content true with integrity.

[@sarundayo]

dphog I much rather see quality content than senseless videos for the sake of likes and subscriptions. Keep doing what you have been doing: staying true to the love of photography. Cheers!

[@BizcochoDislexico]

Excelent teacher. I will suscribe

[@BuffSquadBigBenni]

When is the color grain tutorial coming?

[@john-lenin]

First grain technique that looks good. I found that using a large grain and reducing the opacity gives a nice effect.

[@dphog]

Agreed, that is why I leave my action open - no flatten layer at the end - then I tweak

[@noahwood8411]

This is really useful... I know you have not uploaded anything for a while but it would be greatly appreciated if you could upload the colour grain tutorial you mentioned in this video... hope you are well... thank you...

[@marianoanoa7638]

pretty cool :) thanks for share

[@professoronedeprofessoris993]

I discovered only now this amazing channel! There will be others videos in future?

[@stevenmuncy491]

Brilliant! I could never get my B&W to have the grain of film.

[@seriouce4832]

Good video as always. You should be aware though, that pixel level detail such as grain looks a lot different for the viewer (because of resizing and video compression) compared to what you see while recording. Keep that in mind :)

[@dphog]

Yeah, we did keep video compression in mind. Unfortunately, there are a few things you can't avoid.

[@b991228]

How do you try to simulate grain that effects both highlight, midtone & low tones in the various ways that you find it in film?

[@drpentecost]

Great tutorial. Have you ever used the film grain from a plugin like Alien Skin Exposure ?

[@dphog]

Thanks. I used Alien Skin about 20 years ago haha... Haven't tried their grain plugin.

[@drpentecost]

Thanks for your reply. This may sound like a stupid question but if a person isn't familiar with film, then how do you know what to look for in a grain i.e. whether it's a 'good' grain or not, or is it just a matter of taste ? Thanks again.

[@dphog]

Grain has an organic look, it is not a regular same sized dot like noise filter properties. Very basically it is a chemical reaction between the developer and the silver particles on the emulsion layer. Google some images of real film grain overlays to give you a better visual idea. Other than that it is very much a matter of your own taste - just be carefull though - the more grain the less detail and focus is the general rule.

[@drpentecost]

Thanks for your help.

[@TomOhle1]

Will you be doing a video on how to apply to colour? I'm guessing you would use a color depth map and then convert that to black and white , overlay and then the usual speckle and gausian blur??

[@dphog]

Hi Tom, the colour video will be coming soon.

[@Flowermouth]

Any update on that colour film video?

[@MarjanApostolovic]

Thnx!

[@dphog]

Pleasure Marjan

[@EdgarsDrusts]

I made my own action that does this exact process like a week ago. lol

[@birddjd8679]

good！

[@dphog]

Thank you.

[@paulocontente9993]

Cool way, normally I add my grain in lightroom.

[@dphog]

This one is just to save those people still using the PS noise filter! Is lightroom's grain good? I use Capture One and only in version 10 their grain became quite good.