Removing bad noise?

[TeriD]

What is a good way to remove really bad noise? Tried noise ninja but it doesnt seam to be doing anything.

[hallbilly]

what part of the photograph?

For clouds... and probably clouds only... maybe sky? I've made a duplicate layer, add a touch of gaussin blur, then mask away everything but the sky. If you stay conservative it usually helps alot.

[lostdoggy]

Post a sample pic of bad noise!!!

[tzalman]

Post a sample pic of bad noise!!!
A 100% crop - not a downsize that will hide the noise.

[ssim]

Obviously a sample is always a benefit when you are asking for assistance here. What is bad to one, may not be so devastating to others.

I have been a user of Neat Image for quite awhile and it has always done a good job. I recently got a copy of Nik Sharpener and this is quite a little tool with many options. You have the opportunity to apply to the image as a whole or paint in the sharpening to the areas that need it more than others.

[rzych]

Try the free community edition of NoiseWare. I have found this to remove the toughest noise that Neat Image and Noise Ninja will not remove. By tough noise, I mean in an image that is two stops underexposed. In a properly exposed photo at 3200 ISO, any noise that is bothersome, NN can handle it well. But at 1 or 2 stops underexposed from this, NW is better. I recently took some pictures in a church setting with moving subjects where flash was not allowed. At 125th and f4(all lens would open) I was effectively shooting at 12800 ISO. While not the best imageby any means, NW did pretty good considering. At least there is a picture that printed at 4X6 is OK.

Rudy

[TeriD]

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this thread but here is the pic im talking about, Its the original size and all and yes it needs more work than just the noise but I was trying to figure out that first and then work with the rest. Its with my crappy camera so please dont boo me, lol.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Luvmotorcross/DSC00019_1.jpg

[TeriD]

Oh and also, is there anything I can do with the people in the background? especially the lady on the left eating whatever she is eating, lol. Thanks

[Sydor25]

Is this out of the camera? It looks like it is very underexposed, which creates the worst kind of noise.

[TeriD]

I downloaded the trial of neat image and this is what I got, doesnt it look to soft or soemthing now?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Luvmotorcross/DSC00019_1_filtered.jpg

[TeriD]

Is this out of the camera? It looks like it is very underexposed, which creates the worst kind of noise.
yes its sooc. its not a very good camera but the only one I had to use inside the concert, they wouldnt let me take my 30D in:( so I had no choice. the lighting wasnt very good plus the smoke machine let out to much smoke and that didnt help

[TeriD]

I can deal with the second one but just need to know what to do with the other people in the background so they dont stand out so much.

[Howler-Cat]

I am no expert, but currently still learning PS...this what I have after 10min going through PS...CC are welcome.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a254/howlercat/4rum2/DSC00019_112.jpg

[TeriD]

Wow that looks good to me ben, do you mind sharing what you did please. Hey while your at it wanna take out her braces, lol.

[Howler-Cat]

LoL...there's away to brighten teeth in PS but I don't remember how to do it...I guess that's my next task!

No problem Teri, but, the sun is going down and I need to catch me some Ospreys...I will post the procedures, as best as I can, later when I get back! Sorry!

[TeriD]

Thats ok and thank you. I do know how to whiten the teeth but having problems cloning out the braces. I'll work on it tonight. Thanks again.

[TeriD]

Oh and here is how to whiten the teeth in case you wanted to know, this is how I do it anyways. I take the lasso tool and go all around the teeth, then go to select and hit feather, feather at 1. then go to adjustments/ hue saturation, click on where it says master and choose yellow, slide the saturation all the way to the left to take out the yellow, then go back to master and slide the lightness to the right until you get the white you want. Pretty easy.

[Howler-Cat]

Thanks Teri...and here what I did:

1. Used Neat Image to denoise to start.

2. Used curves and layer for color corrections. --->Instructions: http://www.layersmagazine.com/photographytester_color_correctingphp.html

3. Created new layer and mask to blur (gaussian @ 2) out the bg. --->Instructions: http://www.layersmagazine.com/sharpen-and-blur-selectively.html

4. Use Exposure and Brightness/Contrast to add more contrast

5. I flatten the Image and used Noiseware Pro (default)

6. Last, USM.

Hope this helped you out. Like I have mentioned...I am just a novice, and I am sure there are alot of Pros PP in this forum that can do much better job. Just thought I would share and will get some CCs to improve my techniques from all of the Pros.

[TeriD]

Thanks Ben, lots of steps and i'll give those a try.