Get Rid O' Da Noise! - DPChallenge Forums

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

06/17/2005 10:54:48 PM · #1

Hello Cool Cats!

I went to the virginia beach aquarium yesterday & was forced to use a high ISO that resulted in some serious noise.
I cant seem to remember what I did to get rid of all the noise from my last visit to the aquarium & was looking for some help.
So basically, PS wizards, help a sista out & see what you can do to get rid of the npise in this pic

Please list the steps you used so as to allow me to replicate it on the vast majority of pix I took that look just like this one.
Thanks in advance & peace!
:)

BobsterLobster

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro

06/17/2005 11:06:37 PM · #2

Good luck, I had a quick look and ran away again. That's pretty bad noise!

Keith Maniac

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon

06/17/2005 11:06:59 PM · #3

How's this? I just used Neat Image (available for free on the internet).

BobsterLobster

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

06/17/2005 11:08:26 PM · #4

That's not so bad on a small web-sized photo, but I'm not sure NeatImage would be up for the whole-res file. I'd be happy for someone to prove me wrong though.

Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon

06/17/2005 11:09:02 PM · #5

Originally posted by Keith Maniac:

How's this? I just used Neat Image (available for free on the internet).

yep that's pretty good. I have neat image as well but some of the other shots just dont work with it & was wondering if there was a harder, longer way to get it done on PS.

Good to know that the shark shots can be cleaned up pretty easy.

As for Bob.... say it aint so! I dont blame ya tho! :P

Keith Maniac

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

06/17/2005 11:11:11 PM · #6

Let's see one of your hard-to-clean-up shots.

dsa157

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/17/2005 11:14:13 PM · #7

Noiseware also did a great job. The community edition is also a free download.

I like to use both Noiseware and NeatImage in my digital darkroom toolbox.

Dave

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

06/17/2005 11:17:07 PM · #8

Here's my try... I'm not good at this kind of thing so I consider it a good opportunity to practice! I did a quick auto contrast, then I selected the shark with the magnetic lasso tool, then inverted the selection, and blurred the entire background with about a 20% blur with a big, soft brush. Then I inverted the selection and blurred Mr. Shark with a smaller brush at about 8%. Then I ran the whole thing through NeatImage. I will leave it up to the PS gurus to come up with better ways around the noise. :o)

edit: I was trying to preserve some detail in the shark without killing it all in NeatImage... but it doesn't look very good. Oh well! :o)

Message edited by author 2005-06-17 23:18:16.

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

06/17/2005 11:17:28 PM · #9

Originally posted by Keith Maniac:

Let's see one of your hard-to-clean-up shots.

cant. thinking about entering one maybe... a free study thingy or something. Let's see, how's this one

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

06/17/2005 11:18:30 PM · #10

About 45 seconds in CS2 and voila!
(lots of compression/jpeg artifacts from original)

Auto-level.
Noise reduction, Noise up to 8, color noise all the way up
Smart sharpen.
Repeat noise reduction again.

Probably could do better, but I'm in the middle of a clutch job right now - LOL.

Message edited by author 2005-06-18 00:01:21.

Neil

Fujifilm X-T30

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

06/17/2005 11:22:28 PM · #11

Here's my try:

Details in image comments. I used a combination of tools.

Keith Maniac

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon

06/17/2005 11:23:20 PM · #12

How's this?

06/17/2005 11:24:12 PM · #13

cool thanks Brad & Neil. Gonna check it out & see if I can relpicate.