Getting rid of grainy effect in a picture

ecntrc · 08-16-2006

I was wondering how I can get rid of a grainy effect in a picture.. ill post the picture.. tell me how i can get rid of the grainy in it.. any way? I had to strech it.. someone help please!!!

**Tamlin** · 08-16-2006

If you've got Photoshop CS2 there are two good tools for removing grain. One is the Reduce Noise filter (Filter > Noise > Reduce Noise...) and the other is the Surface Blur filter (Filter > Blur > Surface Blur...).

If not, you might be able to do it with careful use of the Blur tool. There is also a 3rd-party plugin called Grain Surgery by Visual Infinity, although you might have to pay for that.

sethcapitulo · 08-17-2006

you may also use Filter>Noise>Dust and Scratches...dupe ur background ...apply Dust and Scratches on the dupe... add a layer mask next to it...use your brush tool...

ecntrc · 08-17-2006

ok im going to try those out.. thanks ill let you know..

ferike · 08-19-2006

Hello I tried to see your stretched pic, but it is too small... can you send me the photo I have an excelent plugin to remove grain...

ecntrc · 08-25-2006

The regular picture is alot smaller, I had to also strecth it out thats how it got to be grainy.. But I tried sethcapitulo's sugges and it worked. Since I dont have PS CS2 I went with seths and it came out just like I wanted it to. Thanks for you help Appreciate it..

sethcapitulo · 08-25-2006

another way of doing it...make 2 copies of background layer then hide background layer..select the middle layer and apply Dust and Scratches..select topmost layer and create a layer mask..use brush tool...
P.S. Filter>blur>gaussian blur is much better if you have great amounts of grain to remove because Dust and Scratches tend to produce posterize-like effects when applied in great amounts...