Film grain reduction?

[jonathane40]

Hi, has anyone figured out a way to use Affinity Photo to reduce the amount of film grain? I am taking photos of my negatives while they are being backlit by a flash and importing the raw files into Lightroom and Capture One. There should be minimal digital noise since I am shooting at 100 ISO but the film grain depends on the ISO of the film the was used for the original photograph. When I apply noise reduction in Lightroom, Capture One and Affinity Photo, nothing happens because there is not much noise per se. What I am trying to figure out is a way to reduce the film grain.

 

The photos once imported are being turned into positives from the negatives by inverting the Black and Whites curves.

 

Thanks and hopefully someone has figured out a way to reduce the film grain using Affinity Photo.

 

Jon

[R C-R]

There may be a better way, but adding a very slight blur should make the grain much less noticeable without affecting the crispness of the photo appreciably.

[Fixx]

Using a proper film scanner would give better results.

[R C-R]

Using a proper film scanner would give better results.

But that probably would just make the film grain sharper & easier to see, since it actually is a part of the film image, not digital or analog noise or some other artifact added during the capture/conversion process.

[Madame]

As R C-R says, add a slight blur.. and then add a little noise. It will even out the blur and the noise will be more uniform and natural if that makes sense.

[jonathane40]

Thanks so much for the advise. I will try adding blur to see if it helps. I'm new to Affinity Photo and Photoshop. I have been using both to see which one I stick by.

 

I did use a film scanner but sold it because the raw (TIFF) files it produced were very large. I am getting better results by taking a photo of the negatives with my camera!

 

I won't be able to try adding blur until next week so once I do I will report back.

 

Thanks again!

Jon