The guys behind NeatImage of course wants you to pay for their product. :):)
I purchased a license, and I must agree with Albano; it's a *very* useful tool. Especially for dealing with noise in underexposed areas, after using curves or levels to pull up some detail. Works wonders especially with scans from my old Minolta Dim�ge. Jostein Quoting Sam Jost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Bwa, I found the free version of neat image can only save jpg files, and not > > at a very high quality that - after using neat image on my pictures I had no > > noise anymore, but compression artefacts instead :( > > I'll try Helicon next... > > Sam > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Albano Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:37 AM > Subject: Neat Image was Re: How big can you print from 3MP? > > > > > > Hi gang, > > First, thanks to all who answered my question. I > > analyzed my situation, did some more web search and > > found that's a bit useless to use RAW in a digicam, > > specially in a damn noisy one like my S5000. I found > > my 6MP (I know it's 3MP interpolated) are much better, > > and specially found a great, free soft: Neat Image. > > If you didn't tryed it, give it a chance. It's very > > good, you can build your own noise profiles and > > control the full process. Try it!!!!! > > Regards > > > > Albano > > > > > > > > > > --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On 21/10/04, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> > >> >This page may be of interest: > >> > > >> > >><http://www.dpreview.com/news/0210/02100402sensorsizes.asp> > >> > >> > >> And also this page: > >> > >> > > > <http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/Sensor_Sizes_01.htm> > >> > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Cotty > >> > >> > >> ___/\__ > >> || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > >> ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > >> _____________________________ > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ===== > > Albano Garcia > > Photography & Graphic Design > > http://www.albanogarcia.com.ar > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

