Help! Best way to reduce grain from ISO 800?

[monty567]

I took pictures at a nephew's sporting event that are prcieless, but I accidently had the ISO set on 800. Now 8x10 or larger prints appear too grainy. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good program/plugin for reducing grain so I might be able to print 11x14s???

Technical info: Canon 10d, RAW format, ISO 800, using Photoshop CS to edit

[Curtis N]

Noise Ninja and Neatimage usually get the highest ratings from those in the know.

[robertwgross]

I use Neat Image.

Film has grain. Digital cameras set with ISO too high produce color noise.

To the novice, grain and color noise look alike, but they are not.

---Bob Gross---

[monty567]

Noise Ninja worked well! At at least 11x14 size, NOISE not really noticable. Didn't try Neat Image yet, but thanks Bob for the explanation. Sorry for my lack of understanding!

[Jack W.]

I've been using the noise reduction tool in RAWShooter with quite good results.
Jack

[gramps]

Try Noiseware Community Edition. It works great and it's free!!!!

[Sathi]

I like to break up my images for noise reduction. For example you would want to apply stronger noise reduction to say a sky area and less noise reduction to someone's facial features. I really like the way noise ninja has a history. If you want to get fancy, Scottes has a great PS tutorial for preserving edge sharpness when reducing noise. Check it out here

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=48929