What noise reduction software does everyone use? are they worth the money and where do they fit into the workflow?
What noise reduction software does everyone use? are they worth the money and where do they fit into the workflow?
Fujifilm GA645Wi
Canon PowerShot G10
Canon 17-40 f/4L 70-200 f/4L
Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 & CS4
Tried them all, settled on Nik Dfine.
Before I had the D3, , I would process in LR, load a photo into CS3 run Dfine plug-in and save it back again.
All pretty painless and easy and does generally a very good auto job on noise.
Darren
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I used to use Neat Image (and still do at times), but now use Nik Dfine as well.
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RICK
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I have neat image but i havent really used it much - I tend to use the despeckle noise reduction thing in PhotoImpact mainly
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Software used: PhotoImpact, Irfanview and a lot of plugins
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Thanks guys,
Can I guess that the Nik Dfine is for Nikon's or am I totally off the mark? seems logical enough as both Rick & Darren have Nikon's.
Have looked at both Neat Image & Noise Ninja at this point but am open to suggestions.
They all seem to do a fair job of cleaning the image from what I have seen, although some do appear a little soft after this process, I gather the degree of softening is controllable? too much noise reduction equals increased softening?
Nik Dfine is not owned by Nikon.
http://www.niksoftware.com/dfine/usa/entry.php
Any NR loses some detail. Though if you sharpen after doing NR it's not so bad.
You can download trial versions of them all
Whatever PP software you have will probably have some NR part too.
Don't worry too much about a little noise, it may not show too much when photos are printed or may even enhance some photos.