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Black and white effect

  • 02-01-2013 07:57PM
    #1
    Raisedbywolves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭


    I'm wondering how I can achieve this black and white noise effect?
    tumblr_mf98wqnA4V1r44ud4o1_1280.jpg

    I hope someone can help, thanks.


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  • #2
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    It has a film grain effect added in Lightroom.


  • #3
    Raisedbywolves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭Raisedbywolves


    Kenny Logins wrote: »
    It has a film grain effect added in Lightroom.

    oh ok cool! I've never used Photoshop Lightroom before thanks for the reply.


  • #4
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,740 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    [smart ass remark]use film.[/smart ass remark]


  • #5
    thefizz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 582 ✭✭✭thefizz


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    [smart ass remark]use film.[/smart ass remark]

    Took the words out of my mouth.


  • #6
    Rainbowsend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Rainbowsend


    Not everyone wants to use film though, and a similar effect can
    be easily obtained by processing, even Picasa has a grain effect.


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  • #7
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    Rainbowsend wrote: »
    Not everyone wants to use film though, and a similar effect can
    be easily obtained by processing, even Picasa has a grain effect.

    yes, 'simulate', in much the same way as you can 'simulate' fisheye lenses, or 'simulate' tilt/shift lenses or 'simulate' shallow DOF etc etc. But no-one asks WHY you want to do this. Why would you want to simulate black and white film grain on an image that was captured using a digital device ? Why is that valuable to you as a photographer ? Does it change the image in a way that makes the image more 'real' ? More 'cool' ? More 'Nostalgic' ?

    They never really make for good simulations anyhow. A B&W image is composed of grain. Overlaying some grain pattern over an existing image doesn't work out. The above looks like a really badly developed B&W image in which someone has blown the highlights and muddied the mid-tones.


  • #8
    nucker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 790 ✭✭✭nucker


    You could use a high ISO setting then convert it to B/W


  • #9
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    nucker wrote: »
    You could use a high ISO setting then convert it to B/W

    ... which would give you a noisy image, not a grainy one ...


  • #10
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    DaireQuinlan wrote: »
    Why would you want to simulate black and white film grain on an image that was captured using a digital device ?

    Em..., perhaps if you didn't have an analogue camera available to you / with you / didn't have film / don't know what film is. Maybe.... :pac:


  • #11
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,718 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    AnCatDubh wrote: »
    Em..., perhaps if you didn't have an analogue camera available to you / with you / didn't have film / don't know what film is. Maybe.... :pac:

    that's not really an answer to the question. I was asking fundamentally why you would want to simulate film grain on a shot taken with a different medium. For what -reason- ? 'Because we want to' isn't a reason either, it just means you haven't thought things through :-D


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  • #12
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    DaireQuinlan wrote: »
    that's not really an answer to the question. I was asking fundamentally why you would want to simulate film grain on a shot taken with a different medium. For what -reason- ? 'Because we want to' isn't a reason either, it just means you haven't thought things through :-D

    Sorry but yes it is.

    Thank you :pac:


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