Ah, yes, of course. The reason to upgrade to the real thing.
Chuck Norcutt
Stuart Robinson wrote:
> It states on the pdf manual that the demo loses its exif.
>
> Stu
>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>>I meant to suggest that you should check the help file for mention of
>>EXIF. You may find that preserving EXIF is an option. I never paid any
>>attention to that since I was only cleaning up film scans which had no
>>EXIF data.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>>>Check the dimensions of the image. You'll probably find the number of
>>>pixels is still the same. My guess is that by reducing the amount of
>>>noise you've reduced the information content of the image and a JPEG
>>>compression can be more efficient.
>>>
>>>Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>Stuart Robinson wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Amazing. In the half hour since you posted this, I've downloaded Neat
>>>>Image & had a play with one image. The difference is remarkable! One
>>>>thing though & I don't know if this happens on the full version is, my
>>>>original image was 3.44MB after filtering it became 1.06MB. It also
>>>>loses it's exif data, that's easy to get around by backing it up first
>>>>with Exifer. Why though has the file shrunk?
>>>>
>>>>Stu
>>>>
>>>>Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I think the two major contenders are Neat Image and Noise Ninja. These
>>>>>reviews are a couple of years old and I would suspect that,
>>>>>technologically, they're probably equal. At the time of the reviews
>>>>>both were only available as stand alones but I would guess they're
>>>>>probably available as PS plug-ins by now.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have old, freebie versions of both and I preferred Neat Image but I
>>>>>haven't done any serious film scanning in a long time which is where it
>>>>>was really needed. VueScan incorporates grain/noise reduction in its
>>>>>filter menu but I've never used that part of VueScan since it was added.
>>>>>I keep the Min*lta A1 at ISO 100 95% of the time so there is really no
>>>>>need for noise reduction there. I've taken a few ISO 3200 shots with
>>>>>the 5D but have never had to print anything large taken at that speed
>>>>>and haven't been driven to clean any images.
>>>>>
>>>>><http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/noise-ninja.shtml>
>>>>><http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/neatimage.shtml>
>>>>>
>>>>>Fred Miranda also has noise reduction plug-in software that works on
>>>>>scanned film or JPEGs or raw files right out of the camera for only $20.
>>>>>Sounds useful and inexpensive but I don't know anything else about it.
>>>>><http://www.fredmiranda.com/shopping/Xpro>
>>>>>
>>>>>Picture Window Pro also has noise reduction as part of the "advanced
>>>>>sharpen" function but I've never use the noise reduction part.
>>>>>
>>>>>Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Phil wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Do any you guys have any experience with noise reduction programs
>>>>>>Would appreciate any guidance
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Phil
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