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 10/23/2008 08:48:40 AM · #1
Ive now officially come to a point where i'm considering getting it to add a something new to my shots.

Is it worth it?

I downloaded a demo - and didn't have a clue what I was doing, nor was the result anywhere near substantial to justify buying it.

So...

Is it easy to work? Would you recommend it? Where does one buy it?
 10/23/2008 09:08:24 AM · #2
It is primarily a tool used to reduce the "noise" in your photos. I never use it as an effect-type tool, but some people do apparently. Used in a heavy-handed manor, it will surface blur your photo into something resembling plastic.

I tend to use it on a separate layer... so that after it runs I can insure it didn't "smooth" any detail it shouldn't have.
 10/23/2008 09:12:12 AM · #3
With noise, do you mean grain? Like what you get on higher ISO's?

Does it do a good job at that?

If someone could look though some of my challenge entries and see if NeatImage wouldve made a difference in some of them - that would be the ultimate prize, thanks.
 10/23/2008 09:17:32 AM · #4
Here is an example for you:

Before Neat Image:[thumb]733103[/thumb]

After Neat Image: [thumb]733104[/thumb]
 10/23/2008 09:24:15 AM · #5
Originally posted by BigK:
With noise, do you mean grain? Like what you get on higher ISO's?


Yes... unwanted grain.
 10/23/2008 09:26:29 AM · #6
Originally posted by James:
Here is an example for you:

Before Neat Image:[thumb]733103[/thumb]

After Neat Image: [thumb]733104[/thumb]


Thanks for the effort!!
 10/23/2008 09:33:24 AM · #7
Originally posted by BigK:


Thanks for the effort!!


No effort. I already had them on the puter like that. Just had to upload.
 10/23/2008 09:36:45 AM · #8
Ive personally been using Noise Ninja you mite want to give the demo of that a try as well...

-dave
 10/23/2008 09:56:44 AM · #9
I also use Noise Ninja instead of Neat Image ... both do basically the same thing, just a personal preference ...
 10/23/2008 11:15:28 AM · #10
Originally posted by pamelasue:
I also use Noise Ninja instead of Neat Image ... both do basically the same thing, just a personal preference ...


I have them both and they are rather different. Neat image makes stuff more smooth and looses more detail. Noise ninja tends to smooth and yet leave small "dots." It's hard to explain exactly, but when I do noise reduction I do a pass with noise ninja and then a light layer of neat image to get rid of the "dots."

But actually there is something called TOPAZ adjust and it has a noise reduction filter in it, as well as some other cool stuff. Honestly, it does a better job than both those two.
 10/23/2008 12:39:53 PM · #11
See more info on each of these noise reduction plug-ins (and other plug-ins as well) ΓΆ€“ URL in sig.
 10/23/2008 12:42:27 PM · #12
Topaz has a promo offer ending today, Oct 23.
Free download Topaz De-Nise I don't have time to play with it now, but I've downloaded it to try later.
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