From: "Julian Vrieslander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
Since there is now a Mac version of the Neat Image plugin, I have been looking at their product info page <http://www.neatimage.com/mac/index.html> They don't provide a noise profile for the Nikon film scanners. I would be interested in reading comments from any Wintel users who have tried Neat Image with an LS-4000 or other Nikon scanners. Are the results better than what can be achieved with the noise/grain reduction tools in VueScan and Photoshop CS? <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< With the Nikon 8000, NikonScan, Fuji Velvia 50 and Reala, I found NeatImage to be nothing other than amazing. As long as your image has a relatively large smooth area, it can figure out a profile. It did have one minor problem: processing a 645 scan took 25 minutes. Ouch. So it has not been part of my workflow. Since then, they claim they've speeded it up, and I've bought a new computer that's quite a bit faster, so I'm planning on trying again. My basic take is that high-res film scans need noise reduction, and NeatImage does a good job. There's also NoiseNinja that a lot of peole like, but I don't know if it has a MAC version. David J. Littleboy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
