Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do it in Photoshop by shaking my monitor. Lea - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Brownlow" <john@johnbrownlow.com> To: "Leica Users digest" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: digital grain : On 4/8/02 jim@brick.org wrote: : : >The way you do it in film, using an enlarger, is rap your enlarger head : >with your hand during your exposure. The enlarger must shake for roughly : >10% to 20% of the total exposure. This is called "shaking the grain out." : > : >And as soon as you stop laughing... this is no joke! : > : >The exposure is long enough for the sharp image to register but the edge is : >taken off of that oh so gritty grain. It's like a Softar filter without the : >filter. The image still looks sharp but the fine detail (grain edge effect) : >is smoothed over. : : that is very easy to mimic in Photoshop : : duplicate the image to a new layer. Set the opacity of the top layer to : 10-20%. Now apply a Gaussian Blur to the top layer (my guess is 1-5 : pixels). Experiment. : : -- : John Brownlow : : http://www.pinkheadedbug.com : : -- : To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html : - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html