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September 14, 2026
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Add trichromatic/monochromatic toggle to the "Grain" Adjustment Layer, just like the "Add Noise" Filter

  • September 14, 2026
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As said in the title, the “Add Noise” destructive Filter has an option to use trichromatic or monochromatic noise, but the non-destructive and very useful “Grain” Adjustment Layer doesn’t, and it would be nice if it did.

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    D Fosse
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    September 14, 2026

    You’re right, the adjustment layer is Luminance noise only. To be realistic, it needs about 30% color noise.

     

    I’m pretty happy with the texture itself. It can be made to mimic sensor noise quite well (don’t know about analog film grain, haven’t seen that for a long time...). In any case, it’s much better than Add Noise, which always needs a little extra blur. Here that isn’t necessary. But there needs to be a color component - an extra slider would be ideal.