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01/24/2005 05:49:38 AM · #1 |
I have just started to use Neat Image and find the results quite good but it has come to my attention (comment in a challenge)that when I save the image size has decreased by a considerable amount.
What have I done wrong? I can't see in the workflow how the image decreases?. It is only the basic version of Neat Image that is available to download not a purchased copy.
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Message edited by author 2005-01-24 05:50:18. |
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01/24/2005 05:55:24 AM · #2 |
well if it looks OK then all the better!
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01/24/2005 05:58:24 AM · #3 |
The free version of neatimage produces jpg output, so it has to recompress the image; and it is not at the highest quality setting either. For most cases it is of reasonably acceptable quality, but not alwasy.
The only way around this I have heard, aside from purchasing the product, is to take a screen capture of the final result in NI and crop it down to just the image. Note that this only works if the image is of a size that can be seen fully on the display at 100%.
David
/edit: one more thing, high detail (including noise) in an image decreases the compression possible -- so a noisy image would compress less (at the same settings) than it will once the noise has been removed. Let your eyes be the judge.
Message edited by author 2005-01-24 06:00:35.
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01/24/2005 07:20:01 AM · #4 |
I haven't ever come across an instance where the compression was noticable when saving using the demo version of NeatImage. Can someone post a screenshot and a saved JPG image that shows the difference?
I'd bet on the fact that any artifacting has come about either as a result of the NeatImage process itself (not when saving), or at other stages in the workflow. |
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01/24/2005 07:23:19 AM · #5 |
| One more thing... make sure you use NeatImage on your full-sized image. Then reduce it to 640. Then sharpen it. Only then should you save at 150kb. If you save at 150kb then use NeatImage, you will end up with a poor quality file, as NeatImage will not be able to cope with noise generated by JPG artifacting. |
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