Digital BW, The Print

See discussion of Neat Image software at the bottom of Norman Koren's 
excellent discussion of sharpness and film grain here: 
http://www.normankoren.com/Tutorials/MTF8.html

Or go to Neat Image directly at: http://www.neatimage.com/

I am in no way affiliated with Neat Image. I just found out about the 
software a few days ago, downloaded the demo version, and purchased 
the Pro version (supports 48/16 bits) within hours after seeing the 
stunning results. Works great for reducing both film grain and 
scanner noise on my Nikon 4000ED scans. It also has a great 
sharpening routine. Possibly the best software purchase I have ever 
made at $60.

See this site for a comparison of competing noise/grain reduction 
products (Neat Image came out on top overall): 
http://www.michaelalmond.com/Articles/noise1.htm

Hope this helps,
Rik


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jimenez12fr 
<miguel.jimenez@o...>" <miguel.jimenez@o...> wrote:
> I can't make the Canon scanner work properly either, without given 
me 
> quite a lot of grain. I am using Vuescan, getting Raw RGB scans and 
> selecting the best channel and converting into greyscale, but the 
> result is still grainy scans, no matter how I manipulate it with 
> curves and levels. Funny enough, with the Canon software I'm 
getting 
> better results, but that probably means I'm not good enough at 
> manipulating images with photoshop.
> 
> I have a question on this, is anyone using gaussian blur to avoid 
> grain? Up to now this is the only solution I have for grain, 
although 
> it softens very slightly the image. Is there any other PS tool or 
> plugin for eliminating grain that works well? I'd like to hear 
about 
> experiences of other people with BW grain. 
> 
> Maybe the Canon scanner is just too sharp for grainy images (I 
think 
> I've read about this on photo.net), perhaps my unit is special. 
> Thanks 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Alessandro 
Pardi 
> <alessandro.pardi@i...> wrote:
> > I never had a chance to play with the Nikon, but remember that 
> scanning s/w
> > is an important factor. There's no comparison, either, between 
the 
> Canon
> > with its own FilmGet software and the same Canon with Vuescan... 
> (the latter
> > being miles ahead).
> >  
> > Alessandro Pardi
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: André Vallejo [mailto:avs@p...]
> > Sent: lunedì 3 febbraio 2003 15:21
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Canon scanner
> > 
> > 
> > I've used a Canon 4000 for a while to test,and reults are much 
less 
> then
> > satisfying.No comparison with the Nikon 4000 I've finally 
bought...
> > 
> > 
> > Message: 25
> >    Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 23:29:53 -0500
> >    From: "Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@r...>
> > Subject: Re: ImagePrint Sale
> > 
> > Does anyone have expeience with the Canon  FS2720U film scanner? 
> How does it
> > work?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance?
> > 
> > 
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