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Noise removal
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Hi,
I’m looking to get noise removal software. Any suggestions/recommendations ?Ger.
Lightroom 3 is built on top of Adobe Camera Raw 6.1. This means that the same noise reduction is available in CS5 but interestingly a cut down, but still effective, couple of noise reducing sliders also appear in Elements 8 if it’s updgraded to Adobe Camera Raw 6.1.
If you have CS5 or Elements 8 then you can also use this new noise reduction feature inside Adobe Camera Raw on Jpeg and Tif files. When in Photoshop or Elements:
FOR PC USERS go to “File” then down to “Open As…”. When you choose your jpeg or tif file click on the “Open As” Pop-Up menu and choose “Camera Raw”
FOR MAC USERS go to “File” then down to “Open”. When you choose your jpeg or tif file click on the “Format” Pop-Up menu and choose “Camera Raw”
Now your Jpeg or Tif files are inside of Adobe Camera Raw letting you do many (but not all!!) of the things you can do to a Raw file.
Dave
If the noise is really, reallynasty and Lr 3 or CS 5 aren’t enough then consider using either Noise Ninja or Nik Dfine. They are both amazing at what they do. I personally prefer using Dfine and it also comes as a plugin for Photoshop or Lightroom.
The noise reduction in Lr 3 is so good though that these tools are not as necessary as they used to be.
Thanks for the replies. I’m looking for a plug in for CS4. I think I’ll go for the Nik software.
The Nik Dfine plugin works really well with CS4 and you can also set control points etc. as well as brushing in/out the NR to where you need it. I think you’ll be very pleased with that one.
Wow, I didn´t know I can open JPEG in Camera Raw… I don´t really use noise removal as it usually either destroys too much details or doesn´t improve the image significantly, but it can be useful for other adjustments.
I’ve just tried out the trial version of Nik D-Fine 2.0 and it’s an absolute godsend. I’ve placed my order !
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