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Managing Film Grain
Topics in this chapter:
About Managing Grain on page 501
Adding Grain to a Composition on page 502
Removing Grain from a Composition on page 504
Fine-tuning the Grain on page 505
Saving and Loading Grain Profiles on page 507
About Managing Grain
Grain is a basic characteristic of film. Film grain consists of individual silver
halide crystals that are randomly distributed across an image. The random
distribution of the crystals creates the visual impression of graininess. Grain
adds a distinctive look to film, and different film stocks have different grain
signatures.
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