[dylan604]

If the original is an actual production shot on film, the film grain is naturally part of it. Removing it never looks good. If it is something shot on a digital camera and had grain added in post, then you can go back to before the grain was added and then do it client side without degradation. But you can never have identical when it originated on film. That's like saying you can take someone's freckles away and put them back in post just rearranged and call it the same.

[Wowfunhappy]

Sorry, I am talking about the case where grain was added in post. You originally said, and I quoted:

> If a director/producer wants film grain added to their digital content, that's where it should be done in post.

To me, this philosophy seems like a patent waste of bandwidth.