Re: [APML] SGBNR vs Grain Surgery

[Jerry Lodriguss <jml@astropix.com>]

At 12:34 PM 2/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Group,
>
>For the past month or so I have been using SGBNR:
>
>(http://www.pleiades-astrophoto.com/home/home.en.html)

>Can anyone out there compare the functionality, results, ease of use,
>etc., of SGBNR to Grain Surgery?  Grain Surgery seems pretty pricey
>for what it does but maybe I need to know more...


I think it's pretty close.  Another one to look at is Neat Image.  Neat 
Image is just out of beta and it's only $30.   You select an area of the 
background and it analyzes the noise. It has a lot of specific controls 
after that.

The problem with SGBNR is that it has three parameters to adjust and it's 
mostly trial and error.

I'd never buy Grain Surgery at the price they want now, not with SGRNR for 
free and Neat Image for just a couple of bucks.

Jerry
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