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p.1 #1 · Noise reduction

Hi,

Not much experience with CS3 NR. However, every time I use it I am not all that satisfied. Are the plug-ins or third party NR programs any better?

Thanks in advance,

Jim

Jul 31, 2008 at 10:39 PM

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p.1 #2 · Noise reduction

Check out Neat Image and Noise Ninja

Jul 31, 2008 at 10:53 PM

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p.1 #3 · Noise reduction

Yes, considerably better. I use Imagenomic Noiseware Photoshop plug in and find it very effective but I believe most of the third party applications are very good.

Jul 31, 2008 at 11:08 PM

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p.1 #4 · Noise reduction

Thanks butchM and David, I will check into Neatimage, Noise Ninja and Imagenomic.

Jim

Aug 01, 2008 at 12:56 AM

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p.1 #5 · Noise reduction

Jim ... I own a number of the plugins (my favorite is Dfine 2.0 ... as if you didn't have enough choices before). But, I rarely use them because there are a number of ways to deal with noise in ACR/Photoshop. To better understand you situation, what approaches are you using for noise reduction (ACR, Photoshop NR, Gaussian Blur, Dustt and Scratches, Masking etc.)? What kinds of situations are causing your problems (noise in sky, etc.)? Many noise problems are just exposure problems at the point of capture. Shooting to the right, ie. biasing your exposure toward the right side of the histogram can often reduce or remove noise.

Edited on Aug 01, 2008 at 01:41 AM

Aug 01, 2008 at 01:39 AM

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p.1 #6 · Noise reduction

Hi Bill,

I am using CS3 NR, and to be quite honest, have only tried it three times. I probably need to read about it further, because the three times I have used it I have just winged it. I agree that my exposures were probably under exposed and not pushed to the right as much as could be. I was at 800 ISO last time with children jumping off of a diving board in an older gym with poor light and did not want to go any higher with the ISO. Also wanted to keep my shutter speed up to stop the action. At any rate, results are not good and thought that I could attack it from the noise reduction side to improve it.

Thanks,

Jim

Aug 01, 2008 at 02:08 PM

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p.1 #7 · Noise reduction

Noiseware Pro. Best noise reduction out there.

Aug 01, 2008 at 04:16 PM

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p.1 #8 · Noise reduction

Thanks Seth.

Jim

Just looked at site. Is it Noiseware Professional Plug-in V.4 for $69.95?

Thanks

Edited on Aug 01, 2008 at 04:34 PM

Aug 01, 2008 at 04:28 PM

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p.1 #9 · Noise reduction

sorry to hi-jack the thread- but can people remind me when in the workflow is best to use the noise reduction.
Thanks!

Aug 01, 2008 at 10:14 PM

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p.1 #10 · Noise reduction

I use Neat Image, and like it but the default settings have a tendency to be a bit aggressive so you can get some over-processed results. But in the worst of circumstances it's WAY better than CS3 or, even worse, in-camera noise reduction.

Aug 01, 2008 at 11:42 PM

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p.1 #11 · Noise reduction

photosenior wrote:
sorry to hi-jack the thread- but can people remind me when in the workflow is best to use the noise reduction.
Thanks!

It is best to make noise reduction your first step in your workflow. That is the simple answer for the approach (noise reduction filters or plugins) that everyone is referring to in this thread. But, noise reduction is a complex topic that involves a broader range of techniques that extend from the point of capture all the way to the print so there are many ways to deal with noise issues.

Edited on Aug 02, 2008 at 02:28 AM

Aug 02, 2008 at 02:22 AM

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p.1 #12 · Noise reduction

Get yourself a plugin or full version of a 3rd party program.

I use noise ninja and like the fact I can control where the noise is removed from using a configurable brush. And lots more.

Aug 04, 2008 at 01:46 AM

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p.1 #13 · Noise reduction

Thanks to all.

Probably need to get a third-party plug-in.

Jim

Aug 04, 2008 at 01:59 AM

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p.1 #14 · Noise reduction

I use the NeatImage+ noise reduction plugin and it works great. I would recommend taking the time to create a noise profile for your camera as well. It is basically taking a photo of the same subject at every ISO setting (camera on a tripod, even lighting etc., etc.,) that way it is very easy to remove a specific amount of noise rather than leaving the software in an auto NR mode.

Aug 04, 2008 at 01:46 PM

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p.1 #15 · Noise reduction

J4644 wrote:
Thanks Seth.

Jim

Just looked at site. Is it Noiseware Professional Plug-in V.4 for $69.95?

Thanks

Yes, this is the one. Look around for coupon codes; they release one every now and again.

Aug 04, 2008 at 02:42 PM


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