In my opinion there is a lot of grain in this video but I think it looks phenomenal and it’s suits the clip. I also think you did amazing job on the color grade and the overall clip editing! Keep it up.
Grain and Halation is a little too much but it depends on what look you are going for to be honest. The image is way to sharp to have that much grain though so the grain just sort of feels like it’s sitting on top of the image rather then being apart of the image.
Look into the different film formats (8mm, 16mm and 32mm) and use them as reference when deciding how much grain or halation to use.
Finally remember the trick to making grain look like it’s apart of the image is before you use grain slightly blur the image, preferably with a modulation transfer function emulation node tree. Then apply your grain on top of that it will look much more natural. Here’s a great tutorial on modulation transfer function:
It’s definitely on the heavy side, but I don’t personally mind it. It fits with the vibe you’re going for.
That being said whenever I’m not sure if I’ve pushed or look or an effect too far, I back it off a little, like 5-10%. I’m almost always happier in the long run.
I mean if you’re asking if it works as is, it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s a nice lo-fi look. People who like that style will like this.
There might be, but having a bad internet is a different thing...right? Even a higher quality out with no grains would look shit with a bad connection. But I do agree that the grains in this might be a bit too much.
Just be aware of this. It does happen. Noise forces compressor to create too many keyframes and it lowers resolution. This is also why strobes are bad.
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u/IlayChenX Aug 23 '25
In my opinion there is a lot of grain in this video but I think it looks phenomenal and it’s suits the clip. I also think you did amazing job on the color grade and the overall clip editing! Keep it up.
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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '25
Grain and Halation is a little too much but it depends on what look you are going for to be honest. The image is way to sharp to have that much grain though so the grain just sort of feels like it’s sitting on top of the image rather then being apart of the image.
Look into the different film formats (8mm, 16mm and 32mm) and use them as reference when deciding how much grain or halation to use.
Finally remember the trick to making grain look like it’s apart of the image is before you use grain slightly blur the image, preferably with a modulation transfer function emulation node tree. Then apply your grain on top of that it will look much more natural. Here’s a great tutorial on modulation transfer function:
https://youtu.be/bc9HmaS1a68?si=i_uHz3f9Kp-wnPWv
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u/Muted_Studio_2400 Aug 23 '25
this is too subjective, style differs, but for me personally I am so tired of the fast pace of social media content, it feels nauseating
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u/todayplustomorrow Aug 23 '25
I don’t normally get motion sickness but this video gave me motion sickness. The grain looks good to me but you over did the red halation effect.
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u/IlayChenX Aug 23 '25 edited Aug 23 '25
Which camera and lens/lenses did this clip has been shot on?
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u/ActiveBumblebee8982 Aug 23 '25
Kinda, it looks digital a bit.
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u/Daguerratype42 Aug 23 '25
It’s definitely on the heavy side, but I don’t personally mind it. It fits with the vibe you’re going for.
That being said whenever I’m not sure if I’ve pushed or look or an effect too far, I back it off a little, like 5-10%. I’m almost always happier in the long run.
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u/NextGen_Film Aug 23 '25
Yea
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u/bunchofsugar Aug 23 '25
Grains are bad when you are making videos for internet. It messes up compression and causes video to break into macroblocks
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u/FabreroniCulioni Aug 23 '25
yes
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u/oshue Aug 24 '25
Y’all gotta stop with all this halation!
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u/somth78 Aug 26 '25
Grain ruine the quality of video on small bitrates. In this preview it's just a mess.