Add grain / noise, Grain strength, Grain color – Nikon CAPTURE NX2 User Manual

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Chapter 21 — Filter Menu

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Add Grain / Noise

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Add Grain / Noise

The

Add Grain / Noise tool enables you to add the stylistic

effect of either grain or noise to your image. The grain
feature emulates different sizes of film grain within your
image, while the noise feature applies random detail to your
image to approximate digital camera noise.

The

Add Grain / Noise tool provides you with the

following controls:

Grain Strength

Move this slider to the right to increase the amount of grain
or noise that is applied to your image.

Grain Color

Use this feature to control whether or not the grain or noise is made up of color or black and white details.

Grain Type

Use this feature to choose the method of grain or noise to apply to your image. Choose from

Small grain,

Medium grain, Large grain, and Noise.

Contrast: Color Range

The

Contrast: Color Range tool enables you to control the

contrast between selected colors within an image without
introducing a color cast to the entire image. Using this tool
isolates and identifies specific colors and color relationships
in much the same way that black and white tones are
controlled using colored filters while shooting black and
white film.

The following controls are provided within the

Contrast:

Color Range tool:

Hue

The

Hue slider selects the targeted color range to apply contrast to. The color that is selected will be

lightened in the image, while the complementary color will be darkened. For example, select the red
portion of the spectrum to emulate a red filter, which will lighten reds and darken cyan, red’s
complementary color.

Contrast

The

Contrast slider controls the amount of contrast that is affected between the color selected in the Hue

slider and that color’s complementary color. Moving this slider to the left will decrease this effect, while
moving this slider to the right will increase the effect by making the selected color lighter and the
complementary color darker.

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