A Lot of Noise in DPP

Get Neat Image or Noise Ninja and run your high ISO pictures through that...

Compared to Neat Image (which is the one I like) the noise reduction in DPP is pathetic..and I like DPPP....LOL

TomPhotog wrote in post #3286804
Huh? Agreed Lightroom is expensive; but I thought it was supposed to require less effort to use than DPP because it was more efficient, more intuitive, had a better interface with more tools that were easier to access and it had easier batch processing etc. Am I missing something?

I tried LR for the full 30 day trial period, and discovered that the above is generally true, with a healthy dose of Adobe hype. Yes, it is a very, very capable app, one that will surely get better with time.

But if your workflow can stand the shortcommings of DPP, you will get better output, in less time with DPP rather than with LR. Then, you won't be missing anything - especially $300 bucks.

superdiver wrote in post #3287988
Get Neat Image or Noise Ninja and run your high ISO pictures through that...

Compared to Neat Image (which is the one I like) the noise reduction in DPP is pathetic..and I like DPP....LOL

Yes, DPP's noise reduction is not up to par, but sometimes it's adequate. Enough so that sometimes you may not need another app. But if you do, there is a third option - Noiseware Pro. And they have a free "community edition" that works great, albeit w/o batch processing capability.

TomPhotog wrote in post #3286782
I never noticed a quality setting for previewing images in ZB. Is there one?

I just looked and I don't think there is one. I remember seeing one for DPP though, so I thought this may have been the issue. I think I'm wrong here.