Nikon 25338 User Manual - Page 183

Add Grain/Noise... 177 effect from being applied to your image. Contrast: Color Range... Chapter 24 Filter Menu The Add Grain / Noise feature enables you to add the stylistic effect of either grain or noise to your image. The grain feature emulates different sizes of film grain within your image, while the noise feature applies random detail to your image to approximate digital camera noise. Within the Add Grain/Noise dialog you are provided with the following controls: GRAIN STRENGTH Move this slider to the right to increase the amount of grain or noise that is applied to your image. GRAIN COLOR Use this feature to control whether or not the grain or noise is made up of color or black and white details. GRAIN TYPE Use this feature to choose the method of grain or noise to apply to your image. Choose from Small Grain, Medium Grain, Large Grain, and Noise. Click OK to accept the Add Grain/Noise effect, or click Cancel to prevent the The Contrast: Color Range feature enables you to control the contrast between selected colors within an image without introducing a color cast to the entire image. Using this tool isolates and identifies specific colors and color relationships in much the same way that black and white tones are controlled using colored filters. Within the Contrast: Color Range dialog you are provided with the following controls: HUE The Hue Slider selects the targeted color range to apply contrast to. The color that is selected will be lightened in the image, while the complementary color will be darkened. For example, select the red portion of the spectrum to emulate a red filter, which will lighten reds and darken cyan, red's complementary color.