Don, I did not do an extensive testing
before purchase, but did buy Neat Image Pro. I have not been disappointed. I
also have noise reduction software by Imagenomic. It is much more than just
noise however, as it also will convert your images to B&W. I default to
Neat Image most of the time. There is another plug in from Imagenomic that I
use quite a lot and that is their portrait plug in. It makes short work of portrait
retouching and also allows for a quick colorized look of just skin tones of
B&W images coming from color originals.
I think a lot has to do with how well you
interface with the program.
www.imagenomic.com
Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
214-827-8301
Skype : ejprinter
From: Jack Fulton
[mailto:jefulton1@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
8:54 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
Subject: Re: OT: Digital noise
reduction software
A couple of thoughts.
If you have been testing these cameras, it implies you've not purchased
yet.
I've heard Canon is coming out w/a large chipped, high mpxl camera @
PMA.
A camera such as the Canon 5D allows one to make medium format looking
blow-ups to 24x30
with ease, no noise and virtually no sharpening but for using their
proprietary software to enlarge.
If that is not the case, and through testing @ a couple of Expos, I
settle on Noise Ninja. With my own
Olympus 8080, a very good 8
mpxl advance amateur camera I regularly blow up images to 22x28.
Admittedly they are not perfect and super sharp etc. but they do look
very good. Noise Ninja inhibits
the splotchy look in many open areas such as sky.
On January2007, at 9:39 PM, Don Bryant wrote:
Does anyone have any strong opinions about Neat Image and/or
Noise Ninja?
I've been testing different DSLRs, using high ISOs for RAW
captures, and to my surprise the digital noise isn't as bad as I expected,
though it's definitely there. So far I prefer Neat Image to Noise Ninja but I
don't have the full blown versions of either package so a complete evaluation
isn't possible. I'd rather not purchase both to determine which is better. I'm
primarily interested in noise reduction rather than other features such as
image sharpening.
Any shared experience with either package (or any other)
will be appreciated.
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