Noise Ninja Pro

[Katastrofo]

I finally broke down and bought Noise Ninja Pro. These were taken with
the Nikon F, Tammie SP 35-80 zoom, and using Kodak Gold 200. Scans
were from the Epson 4490 at 2400dpi:





and the cat using Noise Ninja Pro:



Here's the non-ninja'ed version:



These shots were after a rain storm.

Bill

[Orio]

Excellent decision, it is the best noise software and one of the most useful software I have ever owned.

[Katastrofo]

Thanks, Orio, I think it's pretty cool, too. This is my first attempt with it,
and now have included the version without noise reduction.

Bill

[Orio]

excellent demonstration, you should send it to Picturecode.

[ChrisLilley]

Bill,

Did you create and measure profiling charts for this camera/film/scanner combination, or did you use existing profiles?

[Katastrofo]

Chris, this was "auto-profiled" so no, don't think so. I did this late, well
3am, so I'm not 100% sure.

I'm really happy how this software cleaned up this image, taken with the
Oly 35RC:




Bill

[ChrisLilley]

[Katastrofo]

Thanks for the tips, Chris!

Bill

[LucisPictor]

Yes, Noise Ninja is great! I only have got an older version, but still it is the best I denoiser I have. I started with Noiseware CE (which is not bad at all) but after Noise Ninja you are really spoiled.

[Katastrofo]

Thanks, Carsten, once I get all the custom profiles loaded, I'll like this
software even more!

Bill

[kds315*]

I use Bibble Pro 4.9 and it has that as a plug in. Great to use, love it.

[montecarlo]

Like the shots.

Do you know a site where are compared some Noise Reduction software ?
I use the free version of Noiseware Community (don't know what version) and I don't know if worth spending money on a such specialised software and with this one I use, for free. The think is that I don't need it too much because I didn't saw much noise/granulation on the film scanned pictures.

[patrickh]

I'm with Klaus - NN is built in to Bibble and although it is a "lean" version it does a great job.


patrickh

[Katastrofo]

I'm thinking about getting Bibble Lite, I got NN Pro for scanning film, primarily. I did the trial version of Bibble, and it is better than what is
bundled with CS3.

[Rob Leslie]

I also have the older version and agree it is great.
I do think there is a lot more to it than doing an auto profile or using a specific profile. I'm a big believer in every image is very different and needs individual adjustment.
This is easy after some practice and experiment with the program.
E.g Question? Do present users find it better to apply Noise reduction before any PS adjustments (Straight after RAW conversion) or at the end of PP to the finished resized image?

[ChrisLilley]

Before. Any contrast adjustment or sharpening would alter the noise profile; so its best to take a raw image, convert it to AdobeRGB at 16 bits, save as a 16 bit TIFF, Noise Ninja, and then continue to process the result.

Note for Nikon Capture NX users, Noise Ninja discards some EXIF data with Nikon Capture would retain. Photoshop users on the other hand would not care, since PS discards so much more anyway

[Katastrofo]

I've often wondered what the best order in the process was. That is solid
gold, Chris, thanks!

Bill