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InskiP
25th of June 2005 (Sat), 08:54
Softwares? I've heard Neat Image and Noise Ninja recommended a lot. But, what about the noise reduction feature/filter in CS2, is it just as good, better, worse than the other two? I may be upgrading to CS2 soon...Does Canon ahve any noise reduction options? Any freewares? I have a Mac though.

I currently use PS7 and DPP to convert RAW files. What would a better setup be, recommendations?

thanks
Conk
25th of June 2005 (Sat), 10:16
Softwares? I've heard Neat Image and Noise Ninja recommended a lot. But, what about the noise reduction feature/filter in CS2, is it just as good, better, worse than the other two? I may be upgrading to CS2 soon...Does Canon ahve any noise reduction options? Any freewares? I have a Mac though.

I currently use PS7 and DPP to convert RAW files. What would a better setup be, recommendations?

thanks

I can't answr any of these questions as I do not have CS2 but as far as NeatImage goes, they have a trial download that works excellent.
InskiP
25th of June 2005 (Sat), 10:20
The trial version would only do a portion of my picture-not the whole thing. I really couldn't ell, maybe it wasn't a good candidate.
Rob612
25th of June 2005 (Sat), 10:45
I use Imagenomic's Noiseware and I love it.
prime80
25th of June 2005 (Sat), 11:09
I use Noise Ninja, and I've been very happy with it. I haven't tried Neat Image, but I've seen quite a few recommendations for it from "pro" articles in different mags.
InskiP
25th of June 2005 (Sat), 11:16
Does anybody use the noise reduction filter in CS2? How is it? If it works good then I wont bother w/ purchasing an additional plug-in since I'm probably upgrading soon. If it's inferior, then I will consider purchasing one of the others.
CyberPet
25th of June 2005 (Sat), 11:52
I've tried *all* noise reduction software for Mac that I could find (6 including the Photoshop CS2 own) and I found that Noise Ninja was just a *tad* better than Neat Image while pixel peeping. But overall, both were similar and both were the best on the market. They are cheap and they are the best. Any other noise reduction software is not cutting it, and is just plain too expensive.
InskiP
25th of June 2005 (Sat), 12:40
I believe I heard you should apply noise reduction as a first step, correct?
And I would still apply USM as a final step, right? USM doesn't bring back the noise does it?
Maybe a little??
CyberDyneSystems
25th of June 2005 (Sat), 13:29
Inskip.. yes that's about right.. for the best use of both NR and USM.. you should take a look at our tutorials sticky thread.. the use of masks and edge shaerpening will solve the "I don't want to sharpen noise" issue :)