Must have Photoshop plugin

[Roof]

What would be the absolute must have photoshop plugin ??

Did a search on the net but there's a helluvalot of plug in's.....

Anyone have any good experiences with plug ins

[Sammi]

I use alot of different plugins, the one i doubt i would be able to live without is Neat Image (noise reduction software) its also a stand alone prog aswell but seen as though i shoot raw and open everything in ps i only have it as a plugin

[ricktas]

Yep Noise reduction would be my choise as well for the 'must have'. I use Neat Image as well.

Second up would be some sharpening actions, that I use on nearly every photo.

[peterst6906]

For me, it's Noise Ninja for shots above ISO 800 on my D200. Below that I don't require any noise reduction other than what I achieve with ACR/LR.

If I had to be pinned down on why Noise Ninja, it's really to do with time savings and productivity. Noise reduction, like many of the things that plug-ins do, can be achieved without the use of plug-ins, but the trade-off is processing time because of the multiple steps involved to perform manually and because of the number of stops that occur even when it's recorded in an action.

The plug-in just stream-lines the process, but doesn't produce results that couldn't be achieved without it if you want to spend the time.

Regards,

Peter

[Roof]

Noise reduction.....So what is the difference between Noise Ninja which i heard a bit about and the Neat Image, Just like always personal prefrence.

Thanks all.

And you're right Darksome Viveza is just too good...

[Steadyhands]

Noise Plugins
Neat Image
Noiseware Pro

Selecting and Masking
Fluid Mask

B&W Conversion
B&W Styler

Skin Softening
Portraiture