Digital BW, The Print

I have both installed on my system and Noise Ninja does a better job. 
Neat image has the advantage of being able to be used as a plugin 
with Photoshop. Very handy when PS is a part of your workflow.
If you want to send me a image I will process with NI and NN for you 
to compare. You can also download trial versions of both if you wish.


Sierra Gold
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Husband" 
<thusband@s...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard 
> Smallfield <r.smallfield@p...> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > since I got my *wonderful* Minolta SE5400, I find that every bit 
of 
> grain is visible. That's good, but in the shadows, it makes it hard 
> to get solid blacks, as there are white specks of grain in there.
> > 
> > I've tried burning in the shadows, but sometimes this isn't 
> practical.
> > 
> > I've been given a Canon G5 and it's great the way the shadows 
merge 
> into total black. I wish I could do that with film.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > Richard
> 
> Richard,
> 
> There's a program called Neat Image that does a pretty good job of 
> removing noise.  The Pro version is stand alone and the Pro+ 
version 
> is a Photoshop plug in which can be used on a layer. 
> http://www.neatimage.com/
> 
> There's also something called Noise Ninja that does the same thing 
> but I haven't used it.  http://www.picturecode.com/
> 
> Fred Miranda has some Photoshop Actions too I think.
> 
> Tom