Hello I'm Robin Whalley welcome to Lenscraft today I'm sharing the first of
two videos explaining how to simulate
film grain using Photoshop if you need a
fast and easy method to add film grain
this is the video for you
I'm starting with this image as it
allows us to see the effects of the
grain on the sky and the fine detail in
the trees the color image was converted
from a RAW file. I've added a curves
layer and also a black and white
adjustment layer in Photoshop but I
haven't added any grain possibly the
easiest way to add grain to this image
is using the Photoshop Camera RAW filter
you may already be familiar with using
Camera RAW to convert RAW files into an
image but you can also use it from
within Photoshop if you've already
converted your RAW file the first thing
to do is create a stamp layer this
consolidates all the other layers into a
new layer at the top of the layers
window to do this click on the top layer
in the layers window then hold down
shift option command and press E on your
keyboard you can now see the new stamp
layer at the top of the layers window
this is a pixel-based layer so we can
apply filter adjustments directly to the
layer with the layer selected in the
layers window I can click on the Camera
RAW filter in the filter menu I'm going
to zoom into a hundred percent
magnification so that I can judge the
grain effect now
select the effects tab here you can see
the grain adjustment controls I'm going
to increase the amount slider to around
60
I can then adjust the size of the grain
to suit the image you notice if I
increase the grain size too far it
starts to blur the image I can also
increase the roughness setting to help
the effect look more like film grain
once I had the effect looking right I
can click OK to apply it this applies
the grain effect directly to the layer
that we created you can then adjust the
opacity of the layer as well as turn the
effect on and off the
this approach though is that we can't
adjust the grain effect further if we
haven't got it quite right you can avoid
this quite easily by applying the
adjustment as a smart filter I'll show
you how to do this first I'm going to
delete the layer we've just created and
then I'll recreate it using the shift
option command + E shortcut this time
before I apply the Camera RAW filter I'm
going to convert the layer for Smart
Filters using the filter menu I'm then
going to apply
the Camera Raw filter to the layer as it
did before
notice the camera raw filter now appears
as a smart filter below the layer when I
double-click the Camera Raw filter now
it reopens and I still have access to
the effects that I apply previously I
can now
these as I want to and then when I'm
done I can click okay I can also turn
the camera raw filter off and back on
again in the layers window and adjust
the overall layer opacity this is
probably the easiest and quickest way to
simulate a grain effect for your black
and white images in another video I'll
explain a more complex approach but one
that gives you greater control over the
effect I'm Robin Whalley
you've been watching Lenscraft I'll see
you in the next video