Question: grain on a print scan.

[onceamy]

Question time!

I have a picture, which I downloaded from a long gone site, that had taken a scan of a photo, which has a really grainy nature. Is there any filter/combo/whathaveyou I can apply to the image to alleviate the grain?

Comments

[elf]

Filters--> Blur--> Gaussian Blur is what I use; 1-2 pixels usually works well, but it depends on the scanning settings.

[kerravonsen]

Selective Gaussian Blur can be even better for this, as it keeps the edges of things sharp.

[onceamy]

Thank you! This worked well, it's not perfect, but the graininess is less apparent!

[elf]

There's a Selective Gaussian Blur?

Yay!

(Most of my GIMP skills are translated from Photoshop, where I've had very specific training on a few things, with huge gaps in my knowledge. Always glad to learn new stuff.)

[onceamy]

Hee, just like mine. All my knowledge relates to colouring, layers, and was translated from Photoshop as well. I'm only just expanding!

Which is why I post here when I'm stuck!

[onceamy]

Thank you for the advice! I ended up going with Selective Gaussian Blur -- the straight Gaussian Blur was too much for the size of the image.