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Mar 24, 2013 12:26 |  #1

I bought Portrait Professional 11 recently and it works very simply for my needs. It got me thinking if the noise reduction software programs work as effectively and more simply as say Lightroom or are they even better? Thanks


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Mar 24, 2013 12:41 |  #2

You'll probably find a wide range of opinions. I can't speak to whether one works better than another, because I use LR on it's own and haven't needed anything more, so far.


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Mar 24, 2013 12:49 as a reply to  @ Snydremark's post |  #3

I use Noiseware Community Edition (free). The main thing I don't like about it is, it only save's as JPEG. The paid version outputs to 16-bit TIFF.


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Mar 24, 2013 13:03 |  #4

I played with various programs like NeatImage and Noise Ninja probably five or six years ago.

Whatever Capture One and Lightroom do has been enough for me.


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Mar 25, 2013 05:16 |  #5

Noise Ninja.


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Mar 25, 2013 05:19 |  #6

I used to go with Noise Ninja but LR does a pretty great job since 3.x.


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Mar 25, 2013 05:27 |  #7

LR. Automate that shiz.


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Mar 25, 2013 06:19 |  #8

Back when noise was a problem, Noise Ninja, Neat image and Dfine were at the top. I still keep Dfine around just in case, and it's part of the Nik collection anyway.


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Mar 25, 2013 07:13 |  #9

Used to be Noise Ninja, but it's not been used since LR got its act sorted a couple of versions back.


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Mar 26, 2013 15:16 as a reply to  @ post 15758110 |  #10

I have the Noiseware plugin for Elements, but I don't really need it any more with LR4.


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Mar 26, 2013 23:58 as a reply to  @ Preeb's post |  #11

I haven't tried LR4 (gasp) but Topaz Denoise does well. It applies settings globally, but I usually find it easy enough to find a good balance before following up with Topaz Detail.


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