Realistic film grain for digital photograpy

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Detail of Photographs
Marco van Hylckama Vlieg
Realistic film grain for digital photograpy by Marco van Hylckama Vlieg

From the website: For a very long time I've been looking for a way to create realistic looking film grain on digital photos. As much as I love digital photography I've always missed the magnificent atmospheric film grain you get when shooting on Kodak Tri-X 400 film. I've looked into several plugins but didn't find anything that's really worth the money. Today I was fiddling with some pictures I took on a photoshoot with a band and all of a sudden I found a way to do it! The result is exactly what I've always wanted as a digital film grain effect. No expensive plugins necessary, just a few simple Photoshop operations. I figured I'd share my technique with you in a small tutorial. I hope it will be useful for some of you!

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