Fine-tuning the Grain

 
 
 

Once you have generated or removed grain using the Add Grain or Remove Grain tools, you can manually adjust the response curve for the gain and size in the Animation Editor. The solid curve represents the gain and the dotted line curves represent the size of the grain.

To fine-tune the grain:

  1. Use any of the following controls on the Add Grain or Remove Grain UI:
    Use: To:
    Red, Green, Blue Adjust the values of the RGB channels for the gain and size of the grain.
    Link Link the R, G, and B channels of the gain or size, so when you change the value of one channel, the others change as well.
    Save Save a grain profile for use in other compositions—see Saving and Loading Grain Profiles.
    Load Load a grain profile you previously saved—see Saving and Loading Grain Profiles.
    Correlations Specify correlations between the grain present in different color channels. There may be some statistical correlations between the grain present in different color channels depending on the film properties and development process.
    Pixel Ratio Adjust the discrepancies between pixel aspect ratio and grain aspect ratio.

Viewing the Response Curves

You can determine how to display the response curves in the Animation Editor.

To: Perform This Action:
View Gain/Size Click the first button under Curves, and select Gain or Size.
View Red, Green, or Blue curves Under Curves, click the second button and select Red, Green, Blue, or RGB.
View Response Curves (as generated by the Grain tool) Under Curves, click the Home button.
View Response curves (Framed) Under Curves, click the Frame button.
Test the Animation Editor: Under Curves, click the Reset button. The currently selected curve is set to 0.

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