Noise Reduction

[Experiment_626]

still a one-button mouse?

No -- not for the last three and a half years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Mighty_Mouse

SSB

 

[fitzperry]

No -- not for the last three and a half years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Mighty_Mouse

SSB

Not to mention the fantastic trackpad on the notebooks. No need for a button at all.

 

[Dcanoli]

Okay, I realize I am opening myself up to a ton of questions and possibly corrections, but let me ask you all this....

Last trip to Disney...1200 pictures...doing a little PP-ing each day until I reach the end! (WHEW!)

I'm seeing a lot of noise in my pictures. Now, don't ask me about my ISO because I'm not checking each pic's ISO as I clean it up, but my question to you "pros" on this board is....

Is there a good noise-reducing program out there that you particularly like?

Any free ones??

Deb

 

[jann1033]

Okay, I realize I am opening myself up to a ton of questions and possibly corrections, but let me ask you all this....

Last trip to Disney...1200 pictures...doing a little PP-ing each day until I reach the end! (WHEW!)

I'm seeing a lot of noise in my pictures. Now, don't ask me about my ISO because I'm not checking each pic's ISO as I clean it up, but my question to you "pros" on this board is....

Is there a good noise-reducing program out there that you particularly like?

Any free ones??

Deb

noiseware community edition, free http://www.imagenomic.com/download.aspx. scroll down for the freebie, i like it better than lightroom's, or some other free versions i've tried

 

[Steve's Girl]

noiseware community edition, free

I used this for over a year before I finally sprung for the standard edition. $30 and you can batch process whole folder all at once. Definitely worth it when processing Disney photos.

 

[Dcanoli]

Really?

I'm using MS Digital Imaging Suite, and it does a fairly good job of reducing noise, but I was wondering what else is out there that might take out more....

I'll try it and see what other responses I get too.

 

[Dcanoli]

Okay, am I downloading the Noiseware Community Edition?

 

[Steve's Girl]

Okay, am I downloading the Noiseware Community Edition?

I don't know, are you? (sorry, spent too much time with my 9 yr. old today). Yes, that is the one you want. It's free. You can only process one photo at a time. The standard edition allows batch processing. Try the free one and see if you like it.

 

[boBQuincy]

Different people like NoiseNinja, NeatImage, Noiseware... I am not sure there is a big difference between them but NoiseNinja seems to be the one most used. I have NeatImage and it works well.

 

[libbyfoster]

i use noiseware. i like it!

 

[photobob]

Noise Ninja.

 

[Todd_H]

Just started using Noise Ninja, but it looks like it will only open jpeg images? I thought I would be able to use it on the Canon RAW files (CR2) since noise reduction is generally done soon in the workflow of PP. I'm using LR2 for PP.

Am I right in this assumption, or am i missing something that will allow me to use Canon's RAW files with Noise Ninja?

 

[Gdad]

Do you have a stand alone program or is it a plug-in for LR? I use in as a plug-in for CS3 and it works just like any other action- You open the raw file, then crop, adjust, etc., then last save as a jpg.

 

[Todd_H]

I have both, but I think you answered my question because I've just been going through the stand alone program. I'll start using the plugin for LR.

Thanks Jeff

 

[Groucho]

There is no NN Lightroom plugin (or any other noise-reduction plugin that I'm aware of) - LR isn't really built for that type of plug-in, at least not at this point. You can set up the stand-alone NN as an external editor for LR. (Or, you can send the photo to Photoshop from LR then run Photoshop's NN plugin if you so desire.) Details including a video tutorial are here.

Using the Noise Ninja Standalone application will allow you to use Noise Ninja with Lightroom even if you do not have or use Photoshop. We recommend you use version 2.1.2 or later of the standalone application so that you can send multiple images at a time from Lightroom to Noise Ninja.

 

[Todd_H]

There is no NN Lightroom plugin (or any other noise-reduction plugin that I'm aware of) - LR isn't really built for that type of plug-in, at least not at this point. You can set up the stand-alone NN as an external editor for LR. (Or, you can send the photo to Photoshop from LR then run Photoshop's NN plugin if you so desire.) Details including a video tutorial are here.

Thanks for the link. I've been using the NN plugin with CS4 for a couple of days now and getting some good results. I hadn't really used CS4 until now and I'm starting to feel much more comfortable with it. I'll probably stick with LR to organize my photos and batch PP and CS4 for the major individual PP from now on.

 

[ukcatfan]

FWIW, there is NN built into Bibble. If you buy the pro Bibble, you automatically get the basic NN that is built in. If you have a NN license, then you just put in your registration key into Bibble and it unlocks more features. It is not really a plug-in though as it it is actually built in to the program.

 

[Code]

This is a bit old (4/28) and may have been mentioned already, but for any that don't know, there's a new version of Noise Ninja that has a "Sidekick" mode for one-click automated processing. FINALLY, 1-step NN from Lightroom. The interface is a little clunky (as the rest of NN sort of is) but once you figure it out.. hallelujah!

 

[Groucho]

The thing that I don't like is that you are forced to create an uncompressed TIFF file to get maximum quality...... which, for me at least, means an 80+ meg file for every photo that goes through it! I know that disk space is cheap, but man, that hurts when the original RAW file is usually closer to 15-18 megs!

 

[Code]

The thing that I don't like is that you are forced to create an uncompressed TIFF file to get maximum quality...... which, for me at least, means an 80+ meg file for every photo that goes through it! I know that disk space is cheap, but man, that hurts when the original RAW file is usually closer to 15-18 megs!

True.. I don't keep the TIFFs around though.