reducing noise
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is there any way of reduing the noise on it? 
im on the caseIn the event you don't want to splash out, NeatImage is free and pretty good.
My personal findings are that noise reduction often results in softness, which is just as bad as noise for me. However NeatImage/Noise Ninja can make a huge difference.
A thread from many months ago about Neat Image
My personal findings are that noise reduction often results in softness, which is just as bad as noise for me. However NeatImage/Noise Ninja can make a huge difference.
A thread from many months ago about Neat Image
Hankscorpio said:
NN not free but has a good demo.
Can anybody tell me how to use Noise Ninja?
I bought it with the intention of sitting down and learning it, but then got covered in an avalanche of work. Still have not learnt it properly, but looks unnecessarily complicated?! (I just want 'single click' software
).Open Application.
Open image.
Click the small button top left with green bars in it.
Click "Profile Image"
Click the button with the small wand under the one with green bars
Move the preview box that appears on the image to an are for comparison and zoom so you can see the effect.
Adjust the sliders to give pleasing effect. (As above, both strengths to -5 avoids too plasticy a finish)
Click "Remove Noise" button.
Save file and admire.
Not quite single click but pretty easy, the batch tool makes it even easier still.
Open image.
Click the small button top left with green bars in it.
Click "Profile Image"
Click the button with the small wand under the one with green bars
Move the preview box that appears on the image to an are for comparison and zoom so you can see the effect.
Adjust the sliders to give pleasing effect. (As above, both strengths to -5 avoids too plasticy a finish)
Click "Remove Noise" button.
Save file and admire.
Not quite single click but pretty easy, the batch tool makes it even easier still.
Have both Noise Ninja and Neat Image installed. Strangely, I've done some photos that look better after treatment with Neat Image and others better with Ninja. Of the piccies I've played with, I feel NN gives better results more often. However, Neat Image is free amd NN isn't. NN if used inside PS will overlay the image with a grid if no licence is found. Neat Image workflow is very very simple and quick. NN is slower and not immediately intuitive.
Very tempted to pay for NN after being a complete idiot and shooting a load of stuff outdoors at ISO1600 the day after demonstrating the features of the camera to a friend indoors the evening before
>> Edited by cirks on Tuesday 21st February 09:28
Very tempted to pay for NN after being a complete idiot and shooting a load of stuff outdoors at ISO1600 the day after demonstrating the features of the camera to a friend indoors the evening before
>> Edited by cirks on Tuesday 21st February 09:28
simpo two said:Noise Ninja also works as a plugin within PS, so you open up the image in PS, then process it with Noise Ninja in the same way that you run Unsharp Mask or any other filter.
So I have to save the image from Photoshop, then open up NN or whatever and work on it again? That's a pain.
You can also set up an action to run it automatically.
Neat Image can be used as a PS plugin. Thats what their website says anyway. Im using it stand alone when i do so i cant tell you whether the plugin works well. neat image as a product is very good though. www.neatimage.com
you can use it for free but the unregistered version wont save tiff files. you can 'de noise' tiff files though to see the result. I gues its a kind of' the first ones free' approach. no idea whether you have to register to use it as a plugin though. HTH.
you can use it for free but the unregistered version wont save tiff files. you can 'de noise' tiff files though to see the result. I gues its a kind of' the first ones free' approach. no idea whether you have to register to use it as a plugin though. HTH.
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