Post Processing - Grainy

[Lisa1976]

I have a bunch of photos that I took when they are viewed at normal size they look fine, however if you zoom in to about 100% or print out to a larger size (10 x 8 ) the picture looks grainy.

Is there any way to get around this at all??

[tim]

Nope, you can't create information that isn't there.

[Hellashot]

It sounds as if you have either a P&S camera and/or are dealing with high iso/noisey images. P&S cameras often have poor iso400 image quality.

[EOS_JD]

Can I ask what you mean viewed at normal size?

Using Noise Ninja may reduce the noise in your image but it may give a softening effect to your overall image although with practice you can get a nice reduction of noise with no major affects on your IQ.

[Lisa1976]

I don't have a P&S, its a canon 350D, some were even done on the tripod and still come out like this, I try not to use an ISO higher than 800 because of the noise. I have managed to get somewhere with Neat Image noise reduction.

JD - i mean when viewed so you can see the whole photo, around 25 - 30%, its only when i zoom in to 100% that some of the pics are grainy. Not sure what im doing wrong.

[StewartR]

Why not post some examples? A picture is worth a thousand words, and all that...

[EOS_JD]

Be aware that images when viewed at odd percentages will not look as sharp as those at numbers that can be divided easily into 100. So 50%, 25%, 12.5% should all look pretty sharp.

the closer in you zoom the more the noise will show up - as will the bigger you print . Try noise reduction software to help reduce the noise.