suman Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 I recently switched to digital SLR and now you guys all know D60 is not that great at high ISO images. I know the noise can be reduced greatly by some programmes but just wondering which one will be the best bang for the buck. My budget is not going to cross $50 and I need to pick up the best one. Please help.Suman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgo Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 For $50 you can get <a href="http://www.neatimage.com">Neat Image</a> Home Edition. For $75 you can get Neat Image Pro + with unlimited batch processing and a Photo Shop plug-in. As for quality of nise reduction, there is no difference between the two but the convenience of the plug-in for Photo Shop or Paint Shop Pro is worthwhile. <BR><BR> I use Neat Image Pro + and I am really pleased with the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camilla Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 I use Neat Image aswell, and I am very pleased with it. I also have a Pro version, but not the Photoshop-plugin version. I am thinking of upgrading to that version though, it can be worth it as the noise reduction is done at different stages of the image processing, not always the last step. If that is too expensive, buy the least expensive version. It's very useful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_swanson Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 Neatimage. The latest version is great. Noise Ninja is also very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwand Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 The least expensive version of Neat Image is free - <i>"The Demo edition of Neat Image is distributed as freeware for non-commercial use. See the documentation supplied with the software for more details."</i><p> <a href="http://www.neatimage.com/download.html">http://www.neatimage.com/download.html</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolver Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Neat image is an excellent program for the price. Just so you know the demo edition does not allow you to save the image at the highest JPEG setting (least amount of compression). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jespdj Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Everybody talks about Neat Image, but there are a lot of programs that work the same, for example <a href="http://www.picturecode.com/">Noise Ninja</a> or <a href="http://www.imagenomic.com/">Noiseware</a>. The community version of Noiseware is free; the Standard edition costs $26 and the Professional edition costs $49. It works well and is considerably cheaper than Neat Image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 I use NeatImage - Pro+ version. It comes as a stand-alone program and also as a plug-in in the Photoshop. I usually use it as a plug-in, except when processing a batch, because it appears to be 20% to 30% faster outside of PhotoShop. I bought it about a year ago, and there have been about 3 upgrades (free) since then. The most noticeable is the increase in speed of processing, and also adition of "conservative" setting for sharpening, which produces nice and sharp pictures virtually free of typical "halo" around edges with high contrast. Overall I am very pleased with the program (I use it for cleaning the scans from my negatives). Best spent buck if anyone asks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awindsor Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 I use NoiseNinja because it supports the Mac. NetImage has been promising a Mac version for years and I gave up waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliot_b1 Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 There is a program called NOISEWARE which is the best noise reduction program I have seen. It eliminates the noise but does not blur the picture. And the basic version is free. Visit http://www.imagenomic.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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