Experiment with the amount, sometimes a subtle effect looks much better.
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On 03.05.08, In Effects, by Kelly Anne Wills
Sometimes you want to go for a more subtle effect on your images, and one of my favorite things to do in this situation is to apply a slight film grain.
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i have photoshop elements 5 and i still cant figure out how to color insome part of a color image black and white even though ive looked at your website, please help
@Jenee: Hey there! Thanks for the comment. Unfortunately, I don’t have Photoshop Elements, but I did find a tutorial at another website that may work for you.
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pselements/ss/partialcolor.htm
Hope that helps!
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You ARE awesome! So looking forward to seeing the next ones. And thank YOU =). Take care!
@M: Thanks a lot! I’m happy you’re liking my tuts!
Thanks for the tutorial!
One question: should one sharpen the image (output JPEG) after adding the noise layer?
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