Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Has anyone used Dfine grain and noise reduction program?  It's 
made by
> http://www.nikmultimedia.com/dfine/usa/entry.php, and there is a 
free demo
> that can be downloaded.
> 
>  
> 

My noise removal tool of choice is NeatImage Pro+.

It's inexpensive. Support is great. Works great.

It is a sophiticated tool that does a lot more than apply gaussian 
blurs or median to despeckle the "a" and "b" channels in a Lab 
conversion (which is what most PS actions do).

There is a learning curve to using NI. It is easy to overdo the 
noise removal and noticeably soften the image.

Vlad also has a free demo of NI.

Cheers,

Mitch