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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

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.

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