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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: PeterAit on April 13, 2009, 07:00:37 pm

Title: Best tool for noise reduction
Post by: PeterAit on April 13, 2009, 07:00:37 pm

I am looking for suggestions for noise reduction in CS4. I have tried the FixerLabs tool and also the one that is part of PhotoKit, and I don't think much of the results. Perhaps I am expecting too much, but my Canon G10 is terribly noisy at higher ISOs and I need something!

Thanks,

Peter

Title: Best tool for noise reduction
Post by: Snook on April 13, 2009, 07:30:23 pm

Quote from: PeterAit

I am looking for suggestions for noise reduction in CS4. I have tried the FixerLabs tool and also the one that is part of PhotoKit, and I don't think much of the results. Perhaps I am expecting too much, but my Canon G10 is terribly noisy at higher ISOs and I need something!

Thanks,

Peter

Imagenomics is my favorite.
http://www.imagenomic.com/ (http://www.imagenomic.com/)

Then there are:
Topaz
Noise Ninja
Grain Surgery
Kodak
I do not recall PhotoKit having a Noise reduction but I could be wrong.
Also Might be helpful if you tell people what you OS you are on.
Window or Macintosh??
Snook
I am on OS 10.5.6 MAC

Title: Best tool for noise reduction
Post by: PeterAit on April 13, 2009, 10:12:53 pm

Quote from: Snook

Imagenomics is my favorite.
http://www.imagenomic.com/ (http://www.imagenomic.com/)

Then there are:
Topaz
Noise Ninja
Grain Surgery
Kodak
I do not recall PhotoKit having a Noise reduction but I could be wrong.
Also Might be helpful if you tell people what you OS you are on.
Window or Macintosh??
Snook
I am on OS 10.5.6 MAC

I'm on Windows - but aren't pretty much all the tools available for both OSes?

PK Sharpener has a few noise brushes in the creative sharpener section.

THanks,

Peter

Title: Best tool for noise reduction
Post by: Gordon Buck on April 13, 2009, 10:17:05 pm

Quote from: PeterAit

I am looking for suggestions for noise reduction in CS4. I have tried the FixerLabs tool and also the one that is part of PhotoKit, and I don't think much of the results. Perhaps I am expecting too much, but my Canon G10 is terribly noisy at higher ISOs and I need something!

Thanks,

Peter

Are you starting from a raw image?  I have the G9 (not G10) and get my best results from Noiseware by Imagenomics.  I compared to Neat Image and ACR.  Some are saying that the results from Canon's DPP conversion are an improvement over ACR conversion and others swearing by DXO.  I still use ACR conversion from raw.

Title: Best tool for noise reduction
Post by: ErikKaffehr on April 14, 2009, 12:00:03 am

Hi,

I use Noise Ninja, preferable on it's own layer in Photoshop. Ideally I think noise reduction should be done in raw-conversion, before de-mosaic. I have tested the fixer-labs tool but was not impressed.

Best regards
Erik

Quote from: PeterAit

I am looking for suggestions for noise reduction in CS4. I have tried the FixerLabs tool and also the one that is part of PhotoKit, and I don't think much of the results. Perhaps I am expecting too much, but my Canon G10 is terribly noisy at higher ISOs and I need something!

Thanks,

Peter

Title: Best tool for noise reduction
Post by: Jack Flesher on April 14, 2009, 12:03:38 am

I really like DFine.

Title: Best tool for noise reduction
Post by: Phil Indeblanc on April 23, 2009, 09:03:06 pm

so far i like dfine also