: What is this effect called? Is it film-grain? What is this effect called? Is it film-grain? It kind of looks like but the grains are bigger. Thanks a lot in advance.

@Tiffany317

This looks very much like monochrome Gaussian (as opposed to Uniform, which it's not) noise at a low opacity. If I were going to reproduce the effect, I'd do this:


Add the noise to a white layer in Multiply or Darken mode @ about 20% opacity above the object. (The example below is in Darken mode at 21%.)
Use Photoshop's Blend If function (in the Blending Options dialog) to allow the whitest parts of the underlying object to show through.





Scale up the noise layer. Scaling it up makes noise "grain" edges less sharp and gives that "blobby" look.

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@Chiappetta793

Film grain is a possible answer.

Another is noise:



You might also try to look up dithering - it's usually associated with GIF compression but can be used in an artsy way.

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