Digital BW, The Print

An interesting trick to adding grain that I came up with years ago and I like 
the effect:

1.   Create a new layer on top   of the image and in the add layer window 
that come up,
>link it to the image layer> fill it with 50% neutral gray > Set the layer 
mode to Soft Light.

2.   Bring the image up to 100% resolution so you can examine the results of 
the next step.

3.   Use Filters>Noise>Add Noise   and set the noise to Monochromatic

4.   Adjust very carefully starting with 0 grain and increasing til you get 
the grain you effect want. Very slight adjustments will change the image a lot!

Good luck!

Best Wishes,
Mark Nelson

Precision Digital Negatives - The System
PDNPrint Forum at Yahoo Groups
www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com

In a message dated 10/22/07 7:59:09 AM, glombick@... writes:


> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 












**************************************
 See what's new at http://www.aol.com


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]