smadell Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I have four separate feature requests that I'd like to submit. I have created a separate post for each of them, and they are all posted here within the "Feature Requests & Feedback" section. I have included proposed Studio-type panels (or modifications of existing panels) in each of the posts. 2) A New Filter - Add Grain A suggestion for an additional Filter. While the Add Noise… choice is nice, it tends to give a small and very uniform form of noise. This might be great for dealing with certain situations, but it's not a good substitute for adding Grain to a picture (to give a photo an old-time type of look). I suggest a separate Filter that deals with Adding Grain, providing sliders such as (i) Grain per pixel; and (ii) Soft vs Hard. This reasonably simple set of choices is present in the Nik Silver Efex plug-in, and gives me all the choices I think I might want. Fixx and TehObLiVioUs 2 Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehObLiVioUs Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) Grain size seems like a good option as well, and is harder to manually. Like, I found the manual way to do grain in "photoshop tutorials", but there doesn't seem to be a way to get "grain size" manually. Like, to make grain manually 1.) new filter > fill > 50% grey (HSL, L is 50) 2.) noise > add noise (Gaussian & monochromatic) 3.) blend mode: overlay (or soft light, also good) 4.) blur > Gaussian blur (0.2-0.8 px blur = makes noise turn into "grain", the secret ingredient) but then to get grain size, that's just scaling a raster image = pixels! (NOT GRAIN!) so, doing it manually isn't perfect I've found out. Edited May 7, 2020 by TehObLiVioUs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drix Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 I just moved over from PS/LR, and this is the feature I miss the most so far. The 'Add Grain' feature in LR isn't perfect, but it helps a lot in working with both low quality source files and adds a nice touch of film grain to pictures with a very digital look as well. Is this on the roadmap? I've seen posts requesting this going back to 2014, so looks like it's been in the works for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Search the forum for "film grain" https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/128457-add-film-grain-free-macros/&tab=comments#comment-705430 https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/27627-grain-effect-using-equation-filter/ Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 Try this... Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drix Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Thank to both of you, and yes I did a search and found the 2nd article of these, but both are great. I still would love this to be an official feature though, as this is something a good photography app should have IMHO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jowday Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 These types of grain from Capture One Pro are superb - the generic noise/grain in many programs look artificial or dull. Other programs like DxO Film Pack offer even more realistic film grain. Adding simulated grain in external programs is - to me - worth the hassle. It would be nice to have other types of grain (film noise) in Photo and Designer. It can add a lot to even vector drawings. I would love more types of noise - also film grain - in the colour panel. Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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