Digital BW, The Print

Jeff,

This method is described by Russel Brown on his web site.
But the easiest way is to use film instead of digital in the first 
place :)

Michel


-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "curtojeff" 
<jeff@j...> wrote:
>
> Doug;
> 
> One of my students wanted to get a grain effect in some B&W images 
that he'd captured 
> digitally. He shot a roll of B&W film, lightly (under) exposing 
the film to an out-of-focus card 
> and then scanned that and used it as a separate layer in 
Photoshop. He had to play with the 
> apply modes and opacity a bit, but it was a cheap and reusable way 
to get a grain effect. It 
> worked well and, by golly, even looked like real film grain! ;-)
> 
> -Jeff Curto
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Douglas 
meeuwsen <lipshurt@m...> 
> wrote:
> Do you experts who capture digitally ever add grain to the
> > > image before printing? If so, with which plug-in?....I think 
that my
> > > prints from my Dslr are maybe too grainless for some kinds of
> > > shots.....Thanks for any advice!, Doug m
>