How to get gritty, high-contrast images in Photoshop

Photoshop Gritty image tutorial I came across this video tutorial titled Nitty-gritty at Photoshop QuickTips and thought it was fantastic. It uses a technique I've been using for a long time, which is adding noise over an image, but then diffusing it with a Render Clouds filter. And of course, making the image a Smart Object allows you to edit the image with non-destructive freedom.

If you're looking to give your image a gritty, high-contrast look, this tutorial will do the trick.

I like it.

Wed, 01/30/2008 - 17:40 — Ben Leivian (not verified)

I too have been using add noise, especially for enlargements to add texture. I never considered using render clouds on top of that.

Yeah, it's kind of a cool

Fri, 02/01/2008 - 20:34 — James

Yeah, it's kind of a cool idea.

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