Fernando Gonzalez del Cueto wrote:
>
> I added a bit of noise to the image to give it a more "photo" look.

I found that adding Gaussian noise individually to each channel
and twice as much to blue channel duplicated quite accurately
noise in a couple of 6000dpi slide scans. Blue channel is more noisy
in all imaging systems. I scale up the image, add noise, blur a little
to prevent noise aliasing, scale down and mix with original.


Was fresnel and conserve_energy used?


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On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 23:14:36 +0300, Kari Kivisalo
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>I found that adding Gaussian noise individually to each channel
>and twice as much to blue channel duplicated quite accurately
>noise in a couple of 6000dpi slide scans. Blue channel is more noisy
>in all imaging systems. I scale up the image, add noise, blur a little
>to prevent noise aliasing, scale down and mix with original.

That sounds interesting, at least for simulating electronic scans and
digital camera images. Have you ever given any thought to simulating
film grain?



Later,
Glen

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On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 13:23:42 -0500, "Fernando Gonzalez del Cueto"
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>This was just an imitation experiment, but I think I got to fix the
>shadows... I really can't remember what I changed, but after too much
>tweaking, the strange shadows disappeared.
>
>I added a bit of noise to the image to give it a more "photo" look.

I think the noise worked well for that purpose. Exactly how did you
add the noise to this image? I wonder if it could be done entirely
within POV-Ray?



Later,
Glen

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Glen Berry wrote:
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> That sounds interesting, at least for simulating electronic scans and
> digital camera images. Have you ever given any thought to simulating
> film grain?

Hmm. Isn't the noise from the film grain? What I ment was that the grain
visible at 6000dpi looked very much like blurred Gaussian noise :)


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"Glen Berry" <7no### [at] ezwvcom> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 8 Jun 2002 13:23:42 -0500, "Fernando Gonzalez del Cueto"
> <fcu### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>
> I think the noise worked well for that purpose. Exactly how did you
> add the noise to this image? I wonder if it could be done entirely
> within POV-Ray?

I'm glad you liked it. I added the noise using The Gimp, but I really don't
know if it can be done with POV... I doubt it.

Thanks Glen,

Fernando.

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Hi Slime,

My newest post displays a weaker noise, and a noise-less versions. Do you
like them better?

Fernando.

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> Honestly, I don't like the noise very much, I think it destroys the
> simplicity of the image.
>
>  - Slime
> [ http://www.slimeland.com/ ]
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"Kari Kivisalo" <pro### [at] luxlabcom> wrote in message
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> Fernando Gonzalez del Cueto wrote:
> >
> > I added a bit of noise to the image to give it a more "photo" look.
>
> I found that adding Gaussian noise individually to each channel
> and twice as much to blue channel duplicated quite accurately
> noise in a couple of 6000dpi slide scans. Blue channel is more noisy
> in all imaging systems. I scale up the image, add noise, blur a little
> to prevent noise aliasing, scale down and mix with original.

Hi Kari. In my next post, I make a noised version with your technique, I
think it is better. Thanks!

> Was fresnel and conserve_energy used?

No... Actually, I've never used them :-/   Would they help?

Fernando.

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if you want the perfect photo use daguerreotype it still has noise but they
are atomic size instead of what is seen in regular film.

Kari Kivisalo wrote:

> Glen Berry wrote:
> >
> > That sounds interesting, at least for simulating electronic scans and
> > digital camera images. Have you ever given any thought to simulating
> > film grain?
>
> Hmm. Isn't the noise from the film grain? What I ment was that the grain
> visible at 6000dpi looked very much like blurred Gaussian noise :)
>
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On Sun, 09 Jun 2002 00:12:26 +0300, Kari Kivisalo
<pro### [at] luxlabcom> wrote:

>Glen Berry wrote:
>>
>> That sounds interesting, at least for simulating electronic scans and
>> digital camera images. Have you ever given any thought to simulating
>> film grain?
>
>Hmm. Isn't the noise from the film grain? What I ment was that the grain
>visible at 6000dpi looked very much like blurred Gaussian noise :)

If we are talking about a color scan of a negative or transparency,
there will often be at least three types of noise in the final scan. 

First, there is "film grain" (or "grain clusters" or  "dye clouds", as
the case may be, depending on the type of film.)

Second, are the electronic artifacts contributed by the scanner
itself. This can come from the image sensor, the analog amplifiers
that feed the digital converter, or the converter itself. Technically,
all these would contribute a little "noise" to the scan, although one
may dominate the others, for noise contribution. 

Third, there is sometimes a film grain aliasing effect in a scan. This
is where the resolution and pixel pattern of the film scanner creates
a sort of "moire" effect with the grain of the film, and exaggerates
the apparent size of the film grain. This would be remotely similar to
the exaggerated artifacts one sees when scanning half-toned materials
on a flat-bed scanner. This effect is very dependent on the DPI
setting of the scan, and on the size and nature of the particular film
grain being scanned. It seems to be most often noticed on high speed
films, but could appear with any type of film.

So when you look at the scan of a negative or slide, there are several
potential sources of noise. Actual film grain looks a bit different
than what you have done with these images, although these images do
"hint" at film grain.  

Some photographers will actually choose very grainy films, and process
them in ways that maximize the effective perceived graininess of the
film, for an artistic effect. Take a look at some images like that, if
you want to see some film grain up close and personal.  :)



Later,
Glen

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Glen Berry wrote:
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> If we are talking about a color scan of a negative or transparency,
> there will often be at least three types of noise in the final scan.

Yes, but the combination still looks like Gaussian noise. Some  of
the samples I found actually demonstrated noise aliasing which seemed
to be a mystery to photographers.


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