On 8 Oct 2005 at 15:19, David Savage wrote: > Sorry for the late reply. I'm just now catching up on old posts. > > I did a quick & dirty test on a shot taken this afternoon at ISO 3200 > using PS CS2 Noise Reduction filter & Neat Image v3.0 demo version (I > know there is a more current version): > > http://tinyurl.com/dqvtr > > <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Noise%20Test/Misc_008.htm> > > Very unscientific, I just tried to make them look alike, without > sacrificing detail. No sharpening was applied to either image before, > during or after the filter was used. > > My thoughts are that Neat Image is more "powerful" & tunable. I find > it produces smoother results, but it is very easy to produce that fake > plasticy look disliked by so many here if your not careful. PS CS2 on > the other had, I find very difficult to push too far to get that same > look. > > PS is good enough for me, but if I need more I can always give NI a whirl.
Hi Dave, Thanks for putting the effort in to generate this document. Looking at the sample images I really do tend to prefer the state the NI leave the background in. I find the horizontal noise in the PS image to be quite distracting. Have you tried the NoiseNinja PS plugin? It's quite nice (though the demo version overlays a grey matrix), I think its control lay-out is improved over NI. 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
