June 22, 2008

I really love old-timey animation and I'll use any excuse to draw it.

This is actually the first picture I made using this grainy effect.in Photoshop. Here's the steps:

1. Duplicate the final greyscaled image and place it on top
   
2. Use Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and make the layer partially transparent
   
3. Duplicate the first layer again and place it on top
   
4. Use Filter > Artistic > Film Grain and make the layer partially transparent
   
5. Make a new layer and flood fill it with black
   
6. Use Filter > Texture > Grain with Vertical grain type. Select "Screen" layer blend type.

I can't take credit for this trick though, I got it off a message board many many years ago that I've forgotten.