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Boulder · 18th July 2021, 19:40

I still wouldn't call that grain, it's much more like quantization noise to me. That is more difficult to encode in a nice way than true film grain as it gets ugly quite easily like you have proven here.

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Boulder Pig on the wing Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 5,730	I still wouldn't call that grain, it's much more like quantization noise to me. That is more difficult to encode in a nice way than true film grain as it gets ugly quite easily like you have proven here. __________________ And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the Moon...