ReNoise/Grain

[paul_round]

@andy_dill

…ain halo around the work area, so my two primary approaches are the Subtract/Add method and regraining the whole plate.I hate grain as a VFX concept. I hate that people feel it’s the brown M&M’s of VFX. Nothing any of us make is important enough for the grain to matter. (goes back to his toothpaste commercial, telling the clients “I suggest the Vision 320T stock grain for this” like a sommelier)

Andy, are you using a soft matte? If so, try a hard edge matte, that way you wont’t get a blurry grain outline.

[SamE]

I think the ghosting in the add/subtract method can be greatly reduced if you don’t overdo your noise reduction in the first place.
Sometimes I’ll fix up the subtracted grain with a 2D transform and shift the noise from a blurry area into the ghosted region.
But I really like seeing Das Grain working in flame, and I’m looking forward to experimenting with Alan’s method.

[andy_dill]

@ALan

Enough likes and I’ll “MasterClass this issue”.

10 likes. That’s a landslide in forum likes numbers. Looking forward to a new Alan tutorial.

[ALan]

I was excited with 4. I’ll do it.

[BrittCiampa]

I remember from a while back you said you use posterize all the time… I was very curious. My money is on posterize being used. Excited to see it either way! Thanks @ALan!

[ALan]

You've Been Inform'd Ep11: My mom thinks I'm a Grain Angel, but I don't want the halo

Hello People, Here is a deep dive in to the cause of grain halo, and some different ways of dealing with it. [You've Been Inform'd Ep11: My mom thinks I'm a Grain Angel, but I don't want the halo]