noise correction?

Someone posted a while back somewhere something called a noise doctor and it was a program the helped take the noise out of grainy pictures... does anyone know what that is or something like that that I could find?

There's Noise Ninja which is a plugin for photoshop which is very good, but costs a few quid, or there's a program called Noiseware, of which the Community Edition is free. See here: http://www.imagenomic.​com/nwsa.aspx.

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Except in the dark areas, getting the proper exposure is the key to almost noise free images. Some of these are at ISO 1600: Balls, bikes, sticks and some snow...

A bit overcomplicated, but it does show the steps in detail. Tutorial: Masking for Noise Reduction

I just used a Layer Mask for the dark areas:
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I don't really have much experience with noise reduction software, because I don't use it. My only advice would be, be careful with it. Noise reduction software can easily soften an image and give it a plastic-like look when used too heavily. Personally, I would rather see some noise in an image, rather than soft and/or smudged details. As said above, a proper exposure can make all the difference between a noisy image and a clean one.

Thank you! yes I would love to get the proper exposure every time, but whith a child sometimes you just whip out the camera and try to catch something really fast and it doesn't always turn out the way you want. Just trying to find a way to fix some pictures I've already taken or perhaps when this might happen in the future. Thank you again!

michaelgreen78 wrote in post #5338793
There's Noise Ninja which is a plugin for photoshop which is very good, but costs a few quid, or there's a program called Noiseware, of which the Community Edition is free. See here: http://www.imagenomic.​com/nwsa.aspx.

I've been using imagenomic noise reduction for awhile now..I can recommend the community edition..The only problem with the community edition it strips all EXIF out of the image.

yogestee wrote in post #5347035
..The only problem with the community edition it strips all EXIF out of the image.

You can use an application called ExifTool to copy it back in if needed -- bit of a pain though .

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