[APML] (fwd) [filmscanners] Neat Image noise/grain removal prog, was'Anyone Have Exp WithGrainSurgery..'

[Herm <hermperez@worldnet.att.net>]

On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 08:45:45 +1030, "Mark T." <markthomasz@ozemail.com.au>
wrote:

Maris - thanks very much for the link.  This software is a well kept secret
(I hadn't stumbled over it despite frequent searches on this topic), but it
looks very promising indeed.

Even after a little experimentation it gives much better results than any
other method I've tried, and it is less prone to adding artefacts than
Grain Surgery.

If anyone else is looking for a noise/grain/grain-aliasing solution, I
would suggest you take a (long) look.  As Maris pointed out, the catches
seem to be:
- doesn't work on TIF's yet, so files have to be converted to/from BMP/JPG
- default settings are too high for my liking, and you DO need to read up
on how to get the best from it
- *very* slow   ..then again, perhaps my 366MHz Celeron does need that
upgrade ;-)
- struggles with 'gross' grain-aliasing (- still better than anything else
I've tried)
- still in beta form, but seems stable enough..
- doesn't work on a Mac (obvious cruel comment deleted!)

I particularly like its method of creating profiles for image types, eg I
can set up a filter to suit the grain-aliasing on Superia 400 on
my  2700dpi scanner, or one for a digicam's dark noise, and save them
individually.

And you can't complain about the current price..  :-)

mark t

Maris wrote:
>"Neat Image is a digital filter designed to reduce visible noise in
>digital photographic images."
>
>http://absoft.nm.ru/
>
>It presently supports only JPG and BMP files so you will have to convert
>from TIFF to BMP first, but I wrote them and they responded that they are
>working on TIFF support (though who knows when?).
>
>Do follow their suggestion - print out the Help files (only about 10
>pages) for optimal results.
>
>It is still at the beta stage and is therefore free for now.
>
>Maris

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