Digital BW, The Print

Pglombick, Adding grain, converting to B&W, tone control, split toning, and
more can be done with a cool plug in suite for Photoshop from Imagenomic.
Noiseware Professional, Portraiture and REAL GRAIN have become a regular
part of my work flow. Noiseware is one of the better (best) noise reduction
software tools out there and if you do any work with skin retouching, the
portraiture plug in can't be beat for quick easy skin retouching, but the
real grain portion is what your after here; adding grain. 

 

It has a bunch of presets but I usually end up tweaking here and there. You
can add it to and control it in the shadows, mid tone and highlight. I would
say its B&W conversion engine is very good; better than PS methods. They are
plug ins and can be smart filters. The grain can be controlled on a local
contrast level as well; i.e. softer or harder. 

 

AS for sharpening, I'd do it before I added grain but you are creating "the
look" so I'd say its time to play and see what you like best. It may be that
with sharpening after you will like the grittier look that can come with
that path. 

  

Eric

 

Eric Neilsen Photography

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Suite 9

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of pglombick
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 7:59 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Creating grain

 

I am trying a new direction in my photography and am wondering what 
some of the better ways of creating digital "grain" are.

Here are my sepcifics:

shooting with D200, ususally ISO 100 or 200, mostly landscapes and urban
PS CS2
R2400 (K3, papers: VFA and Museo PR), R2200 (K7, Hahnemuehle Museum 
Etching)

I used to shoot Iflord Delta 3200 a few years ago when I was using an 
FM2 or a FM3a and liked the results. I have tried using the "add noise" 
function in PS but am rather confused as to the differences between 
normal and Gaussian and was unable to produce something I liked. I also 
tried using the ISO 400 setting on a Fred Mirando BWPRO PS add-in I 
have, but I want more grain than it can produce.

Any suggestions? I am unsure whether I should shoot at ISO 1600 in the 
camera or create grain using other methods in Photoshop. Also, does one 
sharpen before or after adding grain?

Thank you. 
ools.

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