Adding some film grainĪnd that’s all there is to it, simple enough! 👍 Extra Tip #1: Add Film Grain LastĮxtra Tip: for best results, a little bit like with sharpening, add the grain as the last step in your retouching to your already resized images. Now just play around with the amount slider until you get something that looks good to your eyes. Monochromatic will ensure that the grain doesn’t have any color to it, and the Gaussian distribution will randomize the way the grain is laid out, instead of being in a predictable pattern. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise, make sure the distribution is set to Gaussian and check the Monochromatic option. Now you have a gray layer on top of your image, but you can’t see it, thanks to the Overlay blend mode.
Adding a basic noise/film grain effect is really simple and only 2 steps are needed: 1- New LayerĬreate a new layer ( Shift+Cmd+N Shift+Ctrl+N) and choose a blend mode of Overlay and select the Fill with Overlay neutral color option.
