I meant to suggest that you should check the help file for mention of
EXIF. You may find that preserving EXIF is an option. I never paid any
attention to that since I was only cleaning up film scans which had no
EXIF data.
Chuck Norcutt
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Check the dimensions of the image. You'll probably find the number of
> pixels is still the same. My guess is that by reducing the amount of
> noise you've reduced the information content of the image and a JPEG
> compression can be more efficient.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Stuart Robinson wrote:
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>
>>Amazing. In the half hour since you posted this, I've downloaded Neat
>>Image & had a play with one image. The difference is remarkable! One
>>thing though & I don't know if this happens on the full version is, my
>>original image was 3.44MB after filtering it became 1.06MB. It also
>>loses it's exif data, that's easy to get around by backing it up first
>>with Exifer. Why though has the file shrunk?
>>
>>Stu
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>>>I think the two major contenders are Neat Image and Noise Ninja. These
>>>reviews are a couple of years old and I would suspect that,
>>>technologically, they're probably equal. At the time of the reviews
>>>both were only available as stand alones but I would guess they're
>>>probably available as PS plug-ins by now.
>>>
>>>I have old, freebie versions of both and I preferred Neat Image but I
>>>haven't done any serious film scanning in a long time which is where it
>>>was really needed. VueScan incorporates grain/noise reduction in its
>>>filter menu but I've never used that part of VueScan since it was added.
>>> I keep the Min*lta A1 at ISO 100 95% of the time so there is really no
>>>need for noise reduction there. I've taken a few ISO 3200 shots with
>>>the 5D but have never had to print anything large taken at that speed
>>>and haven't been driven to clean any images.
>>>
>>><http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/noise-ninja.shtml>
>>><http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/neatimage.shtml>
>>>
>>>Fred Miranda also has noise reduction plug-in software that works on
>>>scanned film or JPEGs or raw files right out of the camera for only $20.
>>> Sounds useful and inexpensive but I don't know anything else about it.
>>><http://www.fredmiranda.com/shopping/Xpro>
>>>
>>>Picture Window Pro also has noise reduction as part of the "advanced
>>>sharpen" function but I've never use the noise reduction part.
>>>
>>>Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Phil wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Do any you guys have any experience with noise reduction programs
>>>>Would appreciate any guidance
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Phil
>>>>
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