Digital BW, The Print

Hi,

I've tried a number of these noise reduction techniques and have been 
getting, by far, the best results so far from this NeatImage software 
(http://absoft.hotbox.ru).  There is a learning curve and it isn't 
the fastest solution available but the results that can be obtained 
are fantastic.  It works by doing a frequency based analysis of the 
noise which allows for some very specific fine-tuning of the NR in 
your images.  Many of the Photoshop actions out there use some form 
of blur and median to globally reduce the noise thereby yielding some 
loss of detail at the same time.  I've found that with some patience, 
I can virtually eliminate grain/noise from images with NeatImage 
without any loss of detail.  As well, there is a smart sharpening 
algorithm incorporated in the software which also works quite 
nicely.  One can either use their smart sharpening or sharpen 
afterwards in PS.  

Anyway, if you want to see a bit of an example, I have posted one 
(temporarily...this link won't be active much longer) at the 
following URL:  http://pages.infinit.net/ndims/Temp/NRTests/

I used the beta version of NeatImage for these examples.  A newer 
version has since been posted with many enhancements and which is 
faster.

Hope that helps some.
Kharim Hogan


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Diane Fields" 
<picnic@c...> wrote:
> Here are the ones I have URLs for
> 
> http://www.camerabits.com/
> http://netnet.net/~llueck/NR.htm  (a PS action)
> http://www.fredmiranda.com/Action_profilesPage/index.html  PS 
action for a variety of digicams
> 
> There are others I don't have URLs for--mostly PS actions
> Diane
> ----------
> Diane B. Fields
> picnic@c...
> photo site    http://www.pbase.com/picnic
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Bill Agee 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y... 
>   Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:14 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] NR
> 
> 
> 
>   >Correction on the URL for Neat Image
>   >http://absoft.nm.ru/  There are also quite a few other NR apps, 
some 
>   >free, some not. 
>   >Diane
>   >----------
>   >Diane B. Fields
>   >picnic@c...
>   >photo site    http://www.pbase.com/picnic
> 
>   Diane,
> 
>   Could you list the ones you know about?
> 
>   Thanks,
> 
>   Bill
> 
> 
> 
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