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05/30/2004 06:02:01 PM · #1 |
I initially checked out Noise Ninja for two reasons. I was unhappy with the slow processing of Neat Image as well as it's overly complicated interface. Noise Ninja was much better in these two areas and also offered other features that I liked. The version of Neat Image that I had didn't offer noise profiles for my particular camera and didn't provide a method to create my own camera profiles. I believe new versions of Neat Image now include this capability to create specific noise profiles at a camera's various ISO settings. In my opinion this method is the very best way to use this software. Noise Ninja proved to be very fast at processing the images and I found it very easy to use. The preview window is nice and large and it has a very convenient before/after setting. It is much easier to monitor your changes than Neat Image. Another feature that I found valuable is the abilty to fine tune an image by erasing away areas that you either want noise reduction applied to or not. This gives the user complete control over the final image. I have not investigated the newer versions of Neat Image so it may now be improved in these areas.
For the important question of noise reduction and image quality I was also happier with Noise Ninja. I had always thought that Neat Image was very good but I had a couple of particularily difficult images that I was never quite satisfied with processed by Neat Image and I finally got very good results with Noise Ninja. Maybe if I had a better understanding of all the settings in Neat Image or I had specific noise profiles to work with I could have produced better results, however ease-of-use goes a long ways with my appreciation of a program.
To get the best results from either of these programs it is best to either obtain the proper noise profiles for your camera or, better yet, create your own by following the provided instructions. It requires printing out a high quality color chart or purchasing one, photographing it at your camera's various ISO settings and then following the program's instructions to create the specific profiles. You can even create specific profiles for varios lighting situations but I haven't found a need to go that far with it.
I eventually upgraded to the pro version of Noise Ninja to have the abilty to batch process my images. This has proved to be a huge timesaver and well worth the extra money. My version of Noise Ninja does not allow it to be used inside of Photoshop but that really has not been a big deal to me. I batch process my original files, save them out as tiffs and then open them up in Photoshop so I don't lose any image quality. One little quirk that I would like to see fixed is for Noise Ninja to open with a preset noise profile. As it is now I always have to open the menu and select the profile I want to use and then do the same for specific seetings each time I launch the program. Most of the time I use an ISO100 profile with the same settings and would appreciate this feature. These are small things and overall I have been really impressed with this program. Having the abilty to reduce image noise allows for more photographic possiblities and whichever program you use can significantly improve many images.
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05/30/2004 06:06:51 PM · #2 |
| Have you seen this thread about a new noise eliminator program? |
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05/30/2004 06:11:53 PM · #3 |
I have only read some users comments but have not tried it myself.
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