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Topic: Cinegrain/gorilla grain/etc...anyone use?

I've been looking at all the options floating around to add film grain to footage.  The four that keep popping up are Cinegrain, Indiescans, Gorilla Grain, and Rgrain.  The former two being the more expensive and the latter two being the cheaper.

I've been hearing mixed things around the internet over whether there's a discernable difference between the four, and even if any of them are significantly better than just rendering out a grain plate in AE.

Has anybody ever fooled around with these?

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Re: Cinegrain/gorilla grain/etc...anyone use?

Depends what you're doing it for. If you're working with a DP that's trying to emulate a specific film stock, you better have the right scan. If you're trying to do a less specific old-timey look, you can just use whatever.

The biggest issue with adding scanned grain is the method of application. People that do it in NLEs just drop it on top and change the blend mode, which doesn't look too hot. If you're sweating grain that much, you owe it to your project to apply it against a proper response curve compared to an actual plate shot with the stock.

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Re: Cinegrain/gorilla grain/etc...anyone use?

What Paul said.

That said, if you're looking for shitstain grindhousery, blending mode yourself to death.

The easiest thing to do, in most situations where you're looking for extensive graining and not just matching film noise, is to find a piece of filmstrip you like, project it against a white wall, and film that.

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