Creating Film Grain

Film grain makes a picture look like it was captured on film. This analogue effect is something, many try to achieve.

In this video, Kate Breuer shows different possibilities, to achieve this effect.

At first, Kate Breuer explains the usage of Lightroom (or another RAW converter tool) to create film grain using the effect panel.

Then, Kate shows, how to achieve the effect, once you are in Photoshop using grey layers and different Photoshop filters.

In addition, Kate uses two filters of the Niksoftware filter plugin ColorEfex Pro. Each of those solutions creates an analogue film grain effect, but each of them with different possibilities and advantages.