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An interesting take is to scan aan empty film frame and use this noise frame as an overlay. In the following photo, I have moved the grain layer halfway to the right so that you can see the effect more clearly:

http://data.zmotula.cz/img/grain.png

This is how the grain looks in detail (you probably want to open the image to skip the compression and resizing artifacts):

http://data.zmotula.cz/img/grain-detail.png

This looks very nice and natural, as you get all sorts of small blemishes and “grain islands” that appear on film. On the other hand, the grain is always the same on all your pictures, unless you shuffle the overlay with each use somehow (rotate, shift, etc).

An interesting take is to scan a film frame and use this noise frame as an overlay. In the following photo, I have moved the grain layer halfway to the right so that you can see the effect more clearly:

http://data.zmotula.cz/img/grain.png

This is how the grain looks in detail:

http://data.zmotula.cz/img/grain-detail.png

This looks very nice and natural, as you get all sorts of small blemishes and “grain islands” that appear on film. On the other hand, the grain is always the same on all your pictures, unless you shuffle the overlay with each use somehow (rotate, shift, etc).

An interesting take is to scan an empty film frame and use this noise frame as an overlay. In the following photo, I have moved the grain layer halfway to the right so that you can see the effect more clearly:

http://data.zmotula.cz/img/grain.png

This is how the grain looks in detail (you probably want to open the image to skip the compression and resizing artifacts):

http://data.zmotula.cz/img/grain-detail.png

This looks very nice and natural, as you get all sorts of small blemishes and “grain islands” that appear on film. On the other hand, the grain is always the same on all your pictures, unless you shuffle the overlay with each use somehow (rotate, shift, etc).

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zoul
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An interesting take is to scan a film frame and use this noise frame as an overlay. In the following photo, I have moved the grain layer halfway to the right so that you can see the effect more clearly:

scanned film grain examplehttp://data.zmotula.cz/img/grain.png

This is how the grain looks in a detail:

close look at the grainhttp://data.zmotula.cz/img/grain-detail.png

I’m not sure whatThis looks very nice and natural, as you get all sorts of small blemishes and “grain islands” that appear on film. On the compression will look like inother hand, the resulting imagesgrain is always the same on all your pictures, I’ll probably upload a better version somewhere else in a secondunless you shuffle the overlay with each use somehow (rotate, shift, etc).

An interesting take is to scan a film frame and use this noise frame as an overlay. In the following photo, I have moved the grain layer halfway to the right so that you can see the effect more clearly:

scanned film grain example

This is how the grain looks in a detail:

close look at the grain

I’m not sure what the compression will look like in the resulting images, I’ll probably upload a better version somewhere else in a second.

An interesting take is to scan a film frame and use this noise frame as an overlay. In the following photo, I have moved the grain layer halfway to the right so that you can see the effect more clearly:

http://data.zmotula.cz/img/grain.png

This is how the grain looks in detail:

http://data.zmotula.cz/img/grain-detail.png

This looks very nice and natural, as you get all sorts of small blemishes and “grain islands” that appear on film. On the other hand, the grain is always the same on all your pictures, unless you shuffle the overlay with each use somehow (rotate, shift, etc).

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zoul
zoul
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  • 18

An interesting take is to scan a film frame and use this noise frame as an overlay. In the following photo, I have moved the grain layer halfway to the right so that you can see the effect more clearly:

scanned film grain example

This is how the grain looks in a detail:

close look at the grain

I’m not sure what the compression will look like in the resulting images, I’ll probably upload a better version somewhere else in a second.