Grain Management Tools

Grain is a basic characteristic of film. Film grain consists of individual silver halide crystals that are randomly distributed across an image. The random distribution of the crystals creates the visual impression of graininess. Grain adds a distinctive look to film, and different film stocks have different grain signatures.

Grain added to composition.

The grain management tools let you create convincing composites with film material. You may want to add grain to clips that originate from video to give them a film look.

The grain management tools are useful when:

• Mixing film clips originating from different film stocks; you may want to match the grain in the clips to make your results more consistent.
• Working with footage originally shot on film that was transferred to video, you may want to remove the grain if you want to mix film material with video material.
• Working with CG-generated elements, you may want a film look result.

See Adding Grain to a Composition for information on how to work with film grain effects and your footage.

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