Standard noise plug-ins
are all similar -- not very customizable and with only limited usefulness for
video. At the other end of the spectrum are third-party film-grain plug-ins which
tend to be hard-to-learn, single-purpose and relatively expensive. GrainPlus™ is
an affordable, versatile, easy-to-use alternative to both. It gives you the power
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Add Filmic Grain. Apply subtle luminance-based grain to emulate contemporary film. This is very different than just lightly applying noise, as in standard effects. |
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Synergize With Spices. Use Pixelan 'spices' to easily mask the grain/noise effect to only where you want it within the image, such as specific words in titles. |
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Customize The Look. Quickly form and compare hundreds of creative variations of grain/noise
effects -- great for video as well as titles/logos/graphics. |
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Mutate Bigger. Turn noise into other amorphous objects in your scene, located wherever you desire. Independently adjust strength, height, width, softness, and color. |
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Maintain Brightness. Apply grain/noise without changing the image's brightness (unlike
usual noise effects) to keep your clip sequence consistent. |
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Change Randomly.Experiment with random luminance/hue changes and other abstract time-based
effects. Then blend the effect with your source clip. |
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Streak & Scratch. Add film scratches, streaks, single-color noise tints, and other creative noise
variations -- all easily customizable. |
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Age Your Footage. Scratch and decay your footage to emulate old film looks. |
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Buzz & Flash. Create visual buzzing, roving lights/flashes, and dynamic weaving patterns. Work in different color spaces (RGB, HSV, HLS, YUV and XYZ) to further
expand the range of effects. |
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Since virtually all GrainPlus controls are bezier keyframable, you can smoothly
vary individual aspects of the effect during your clip. With the powerful Mixer control, you can also use a clip's luminance to define the effect areas, a very easy
way to add grain to light or dark regions, for example. |
