[Leica] Topaz AI and Film Grain

[Sonny Carter]

Try using the topaz denoise instead of photo.  It gives you more control
than the overall product.

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 9:37 AM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> LUG -
>
> I really like the way Topaz Photo AI rescues some of the faces in my old
> film scans; however, the end result is too plastic and smooth-looking for
> me.  I've tried reducing the amount of smoothing but that reduces the
> sharpness, too.  What I would like to do is re-introduce the film grain
> without affecting the sharpening.  I've tried in PS - Filter>Noise>Add
> Noise>Guassian Blur and I've tried the Grain slider in LR but neither of
> them looks like film grain really.
>
> Do you know of a program or setting that will add realistic-looking film
> grain?
>
> TIA
>
> Tina
>
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