how to achieve this effect?

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  • Nairn0

    That's where the guassian blur, then level-tightening comes in, letterhead.

    I've just tried it out (only one dissolve layer required) and it does sorta work - however, tightening the levels on so many blurred dots is quite hard, as the tendency is for the overall gradient to sublimate into a smooth form.

    It's a bit fiddly too - if you follow my way, you'd be better off doing the gradient finish at the end, via channel selections.

    I'm sure there's probably some film/grain filter you could deploy instead.

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