The Film Grain filter is part of the DreamSuite 1 Set. It applies a photo-realistic grain onto your images and control over the tonal and contrast range the grains are applied to.

Grain Type
You can pick the Grain Type you wish to use from this menu. Each grain type has a distictive look and feel.

Grain Size
This slider defines how large the grain pattern appears as it is rendered onto your image. The higher the setting, the larger the grain becomes.

Strength
This slider control, defines how noticable the grain effect appears on the image. The higher the setting, the more noticable the grain will appear.

Density
This slider defines how dense or tightly compacted the grain particles are as they are rendered onto your image. The higher the setting, the more tightly compacted the grains particles become.

Tonal Range
This slider control allows you to define where the grain particles are placed on your image based on the images tonal range. Use the Contrast slider to decrease the tonal range of the image as you adjust the Tonal Range slider. Both the Tonal Range and the Contrast sliders work to define the placement of the grain based on the tonal values of the image.

Color Shift
This control renders the grain onto the image with a slightly shifted color applied. The higher the settings, the more predominant the color shifting that is applied where the grain appears.

Grain Color
This slider and color box defines the color of the grain and the opacity of the grain particles. The lower the slider settings, the more translucent the grain particles become. Click on the color box to change the color of the grain particles.

Sepia Tone
This slider adds a color tint to the image that simulates a sepia tone processing effect. Use the slider to control the opacity of the tint color. Click on the color box to change the color of the sepia effect.

Contrast
This slider control adjusts the tonal range of the image to make it have a higher amount of contrast. The Tonal Range control and the Contrast control are used together to determine where the grain is applied to the image. Adjusting the contrast will increase the lighter areas of the image. Tonal Range is used to control where the grain is applied based on the tonal values in the image. This simulates the way traditional film grain works.

Saturation
This slider allows you to decrease or increase the color saturation of the image you are applying Film Grain to. By reducing the saturation, a full color image will have lighter color values. By increasing the saturation, the colors are more vibrant.

Variation
This control affects how the grain particles are applied. Clicking on the variation control will make the particles apply with a slightly different manner.

By Joe Cilinceon, © July 29, 2002