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

[Michael Gartland <mgartlan@iconn.net>]

Your killing me Herm....stop it...I can't keep up...too much stuff to try...

Also...I had a free PS plugin page link, hundreds of free PS plug-ins...I was going to check
it for Grain reduction possibilities...the site is dead...
:(

m.

Herm wrote:

> 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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