[Leica] Topaz AI and Film Grain

[Richard Clompus]

By using Topaz Denoise, you can select your subject and use a brush tool to “subtract" some of the denoise effects.  The same option is with Topaz Sharpen.  The sharpen software doesn’t play well with beards and hair.  The brush tool helps soften potential harsh effects from the sharpening program. 

Be well,
Richard

Richard Clompus

> On Mar 15, 2023, at 10:37 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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