Adding Grain to a Clip

Use the ReGrain command to restore the film grain on a clip that had been degrained, or to add grain to a clip originating on video or CG so as to make it look like film.

ReGrain synthesizes preset or custom grain signatures by modulating noise according to the luma of the image. This modulation is defined by granularity curves that specify the gain for the luma values of each channel.

When you use a preset grain signature, these curves are implicit in the menu controls.
When you define a custom grain signature, you work with these curves directly.

TipIf you want to colour correct a clip to which you are planning to add grain, you usually get better results when you colour correct the clip first, and then add the grain.

To access ReGrain from the EditDesk:

From the A/V Tools box, select and enable Film, then click ReGrain.
From the Input Mode box that appears, select Front.
Select the clip to which you want to add grain, and then select the destination for the processed clip.
The ReGrain menu appears.

(a) View box
Use the Image Type box to adjust the algorithm based on the Image Data Type of your media. See Adjusting Algorithms Based on Image Data Type.
By default, the result clip appears. You can also view the front clip by selecting Front from the View box.
To view the front and result clips simultaneously, and to speed up interactivity while defining the ReGrain parameters, use the crop box. See Defining the DeGrain and ReGrain Area.

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