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Anonymous at Thu, 5 Oct 2023 20:16:59 UTC No. 960504
>spend ages generating noise free cg render
>adds noise back in in comp
Defend this practice, or you are a laughingstock
Anonymous at Thu, 5 Oct 2023 20:53:36 UTC No. 960507
Film grain is pleasing, CGI grain is rarely pleasing (but sometimes it is).
Anonymous at Fri, 6 Oct 2023 16:20:39 UTC No. 960584
>>960507
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Anonymous at Sat, 7 Oct 2023 05:05:08 UTC No. 960626
>>960507
Also
Noise in path traced images isn't uniform and shows up primarily in high contrast areas where it's most noticeable.
Since our perception is relative you can improve the look of images by adding noise later.
Finally film grain isn't just noise.