Anyone know how getty 'wash' their images.

OK, I assume that Getty clean up high iso stuff as what I have seen lately, Getty must clean them, they cant not....

Anyon know what they use.

Is it bespoke stuff, kinda arm and costs a leg?

Ta.

a translation for us thickies pleae?

neil_r wrote in post #2458709
a translation for us thickies pleae?

Just how they clean high ISO noise tbh....?

The stuff I have tried always leaves the godawful plastic skin look and removes detail as far as I can see, so I tend to leave it now. Looks ok in print and a decent picture editor can sort it.

However, when veiwing getty of late, I have noted how 'clean' images look, even at 1600.....

AFAIK Getty dont have access to anything we dont.. the plastic look is from over noise reduction.

Show us a noisy pic and tell us what you do and I am sure some of us can show you how to get it right... But this probably isn't the forum for it and the mods will move this thread soon

I have found shooting on manual i get a lot less noise even for a 1Dmk1 but use Noise Ninja this shot is iso3200 with a bit of nn don't think it looks too plastic

gsgary wrote in post #2459981
I have found shooting on manual i get a lot less noise even for a 1Dmk1 but use Noise Ninja this shot is iso3200 with a bit of nn don't think it looks too plastic

Yeah, nice. The thing about noiseware is once the image is in print in a newspaper you would not know its there but to me, makes people look like Data from Star Trek!

I wouldn't know only had about 2 in print

Noise ninja is good if you use it fairly low powerd, got to comprimise between noise and plastic.

You can use noiseware but you don't want to overdo it like that one picture.
They are provided the best gear, for one. 1DMKII's + 300 2.8, 400 2.8, etc.

Depending on the sport, they get even more advantages like strobes in basketball for instance.

All of it works out to help them. And then of course they are damn skilled on top of that.

Pete,

Having just looked at their site and the pics from the Birmingham v Luton game I cant see that they have done alot to them in all honesty.

I wouldn't have thought that NR was part of their routine workflow.

marcatkins wrote in post #2461829
Pete,

Having just looked at their site and the pics from the Birmingham v Luton game I cant see that they have done alot to them in all honesty.

I wouldn't have thought that NR was part of their routine workflow.

I'd agree... adding NR to the live workflow isn't usually practical.

Yep, it's worth avoiding ISO3200 (for the most part)... but ISO1600 and ISO1250 work just fine in newsprint if that's what you're obliged to shoot at.

---- Gavin

I use Noise Ninja in my workflow if needed. I have shot a lot of boxing with Al Bello from Getty Images, and he uses Noise Ninja on site as well when shooting. The photos in my current gallery (http://www.sportsshoot​er.com/members.html?id​=1733) were shot at 1600, with a little bit of Noise Ninja applied, but I did fade it from it's strongest setting, otherwise the "plastic" look you are referring to would have been viewable.

Ed

muls wrote in post #2465881
I use Noise Ninja in my workflow if needed. I have shot a lot of boxing with Al Bello from Getty Images, and he uses Noise Ninja on site as well when shooting. The photos in my current gallery (http://www.sportsshoot​er.com/members.html?id​=1733) were shot at 1600, with a little bit of Noise Ninja applied, but I did fade it from it's strongest setting, otherwise the "plastic" look you are referring to would have been viewable.

Ed

I know where you're coming from Ed. There's certainly a fine line between the 'plastic' look and a 'natural' look.

I have Neat Image Pro+ as a plug-in for PS and generally hold back the sliders to around 30%-40% of maximum for an optimum result.

As I mentioned above, it's not something I need to use for wired newspaper work... but for other purposes it can be very handy. It's possible to set up an action/profiles to improve the workflow if need be.

---- Gavin

muls wrote in post #2465881
I use Noise Ninja in my workflow if needed. I have shot a lot of boxing with Al Bello from Getty Images, and he uses Noise Ninja on site as well when shooting. The photos in my current gallery (http://www.sportsshoot​er.com/members.html?id​=1733) were shot at 1600, with a little bit of Noise Ninja applied, but I did fade it from it's strongest setting, otherwise the "plastic" look you are referring to would have been viewable.

Ed

Ed,

I'm in the process of trying to better understand Noise Ninja - when you say that you "fade it from its strongest setting" - how do you do this?

I use it as a photoshop plugin, after applying Noise Ninja, you can go under the edit menu and you will see a choice 'Fade Noise Ninja', click on this and it will bring up a slider to adjust the opacity of the level allowing some noise back into the image to give it a more realistic/less plastic look...

Ed