Rob, I always feel complimented by the thought and consideration shown in your responses. As usual, thanks for the solid help.
Jack --- Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 16 Dec 2004 at 7:53, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Another naive subjective dip in the list knowledge > > well.. > > Do grain dissolving programs effectively discern > what > > is grain? Are you left with an unrecoverable soft > > image? Does re-sharpening revive the grain and > defeat > > the effect? > > Which program(s) have you heard good things > about? > > Grain Surgery seems highly regarded, it can remove, > synthesize and match grain > patterns but I can't comment with any authority as > I've not used it. I have > however used both NeatImage and NoiseNija, both are > very effective, they rely > upon noise profiles which allows them to perform > noise/grain reduction in > profiled media quite accurately. > > There is generally some very subtle detail lost in > the case of images with > little grain or noise to start with but in the case > of noisy images it's > usually a definite gain. NeatImage provides a little > more control over the > noise reduction and can be configured to preserve > details more completely (at > the expense of the retention of some grain/noise > artifacts). > > Cheers, > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
