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Film Grain as Layer Adjustable Tool

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Rupert Laycock

Hi C1 Team,

 

Have been loving 20.x since the first BETA release.

The one thing I've been wishing for with every release is the addition of Film Grain as a Layer Adjustable tool. Now that Layers are becoming far more powerful and useful in blending images and really pushing them, grain is often the final element to cement an image. However, applying the same grain in a totalitarian approach isn't very 'natural' looking. With Luma Range editing etc, a Grain Layer could be perfectly blended for highlights, mid-tones, & shadows etc.

 

Thanks,

 

R

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  • BeO
    Top Commenter

    You have my vote.

    I do not often use the film grain tool to actually simulate film grain, so I cannot comment much on the benefits you mentioned for this use case. But I would like to use the grain tool locally to cope with certain noise patterns, particularly to amend the type of noise.

    Film grain can be used to add random grain / random noise to hide patterns in noisy areas, e.g. readout noise patterns or PDAF banding, allowing to enhance underexposed dark areas with existing (or even false) detail, instead of crunching the blacks or washing details out with negative structure or cranked up luma noise reduction etc.

    And I think there are other creative usages for selectively adding "pepper-and-salt" which I do not yet think of... :-)

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  • Lily

    Hi Rupert,

     

    Thank you for feedback on Capture One - this is always welcomed and encouraged among our users and we appreciate the time you've taken to contribute towards the development of the software.

    I have forwarded your comments and suggestions to our Product Management team as something to consider in a future release.

    Whilst we cannot comment on future releases, we take all suggestions on board and hopefully your feedback contributes towards a future version of Capture One.

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  • Chris

    +1

    I came here today to make the same exact request.

    As a creative decision I need to apply grain selectively (brush, luma range.)

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  • BeO
    Top Commenter

    Two years later and I still want this feature.

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  • BeO
    Top Commenter

    Rupert Laycock, Chris, Chris,

    There is a new forum topic C1 wants to have the users requests.

    https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/9759973309085-Film-grain-tool-for-local-adjustments-in-layers

     

     

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