The original post never came through but have you tried Noise Ninja?
--- On Fri, 10/3/08, Brent <brutherford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Brent <brutherford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: 1600 ISO
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 6:29 PM
> Oh wow... that's nice...
>
> Not too expensive either.
>
> Sold.
>
> Thanks Moose. I've seen your posts on this before but
> these examples
> are very impressive compared to what I was able to achieve
> in other
> software.
>
> Brent
>
> On 03/10/2008, at 7:30 PM, Moose wrote:
>
> > Brent wrote:
> >> ....
> >>
> >> I had a go at removing the grain but my photoshop
> skills couldn't
> >> come up with anything that didn't look
> 'soft focus'.
> >
> > It's probably not all due to your PS skills. One
> weakness of PS, at
> > least through CS3, is the noise reduction. It's
> far from the
> > standard of
> > independent tools.
> >
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Rutherford/Girl1.htm>
> > and.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Rutherford/Girl2.htm>
> >
> > Both treatments used two different applications of
> NeatImage, one for
> > low detail areas and the other where more detail needs
> to be
> > preserved,
> > mostly the hair.
> >
> >> Not that I expected grainless photos with a 1600
> ISO film, but I
> >> guess I've become accustomed to the results
> people are producing
> >> with their new digital gear now.
> >>
> > Digital has taken the lead in that area generally. The
> good news is
> > that
> > digital darkroom tools help a lot.
> >
> > Moose
> >
> >
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