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September 28, 2022
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Update the Add Grain effect to use GPU and 32-bit

  • September 28, 2022
  • 44 replies
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I need to apply grain frequently in my work to clean plates I’ve created, and it needs to match the 6k/4k HDR plates I’ve been provided. I prefer Add Grain to Match Grain, as it’s quicker and more accurate for me to manually set it. Because of the size of the plates, and the lack of GPU acceleration in this plug-in, it’s the main bottleneck in my rendering speed, plus 32-bit would help with color fidelity. Obviously, multiframe rendering would be great, too, but I would at least love GPU acceleration to start!

44 replies

dsol21
Known Participant
September 28, 2022
There's still so many essential plugins that still don't support 32bit float (or work unpredictably in colour managed space), but this is probably the most egregious omission.
And GPU acceleration would be a huge boon too.
Inspiring
September 28, 2022
UP!

Film grain overlays don't do it.
Roei Tzoref
Legend
September 28, 2022
as a workaround, and since grain or sharpen are operations that usually benefit from working in log 10-bit integer color space anyway, you can simply convert your footage from its color space to Log using Color profile converter or OCIO plugin, do the grain, then Convert it back.

an example here is in 07:36
https://youtu.be/1OuHZOeU4DQ?t=456
Participant
September 28, 2022
THIS IS STILL VERY NEEDED
Known Participant
September 28, 2022
Oh come on, AE 2022 and grain is still not 32bit?!?!?!?!
Inspiring
September 28, 2022
Bump up this topic!
I fight with this in every project, since I work in 32-bit almost without exception. Please Adobe, there is no tool for decent grain management at the moment. It's not for film emulation only, every digital camera has noise too we have to match in compositing. Grain overlays are not a way to go in my opinion.
Participant
September 28, 2022
Agreed, this is the #1 block to our linear ACES HDR pipeline. Please make this effect 32bit.
Participating Frequently
September 28, 2022
Adobe you are in serious danger of becoming obsolete.
Gabe Valente
Inspiring
September 28, 2022
Adding my vote to this one as well.
Surprised that this fairly basic effect isn't compatible with 32-bit color...
Inspiring
September 28, 2022
Absolutely! I work mostly in ACES and 32-bit. Please upgrade the "Add Grain" plugin.
... but by all means, don't stop there. Everything inside AE should work in 32-bit.