Noise Ninja
October 3, 2008
This week’s article is about the widely known and popular noise reduction tool - the Noise Ninja. It is used as both a standalone program and a plug-in to different image editors. Noise Ninja, differently from other noise-reduction tools here, has more noise reducing tools and options that will be covered in the article.
In dealing with the noise in the image Noise Ninja takes into account the camera and/or the image itself. It is the 1st step of the workflow to build the noise profile. A set of camera profiles can be loaded from the tool’s manufacturer site or you can set the camera specifications manually.
Noise reduction tools - MyPhotoSoft rating
June 10, 2008
As usual we publish a rating of reviewed tools and programs. This time we analysed the performance of Noise reduction tools.
The test images you see were processed by each of the programs reviewed at its default settings.
Noise Reduction - tools comparison
June 4, 2008
The traditional conclussive article with the comparative table of each program parameters. The comparison only shows what tool a program has and what it doesn’t. Quality is not evaluated here at all.
Image Doctor
May 30, 2008
Alien Skin Image Doctor is not strictly speaking a noise remover, but is more suitable for repairing images by removing jpg artifacts, scratches and extra texture and softening the skin. The closest to noise reduction function is the jpg repair. Exactly this function of the reviewed tool was tested.
Image Doctor is a plug-in and can be found in Photoshop under filters menu. There, in the menu, you also choose which of the functions you will use at the instance.
Noise Reduction Pro
May 7, 2008
This noise reduction tool is a kind of rarity now as any further development of it stopped, and users can’t expect any new functionality or better algorithms. Let’s see though how the tool has done so far.
Noise reduction Pro is a plug-in found in Photoshop filter menu upon installation.
The image to be denoised appears in a separate window. The image preview is set on the right with the zoom controls below, and parameter settings are all set on the left.
The plug-in window cannot be resized but the zoom is quite convenient to work with. The preview is renewed every time you change the settings and not partially but as a whole.
Akvis Noise Buster
May 1, 2008
Noise Buster plug-in by Akvis LLC is a tool for reducing noise of all sorts that can appear in your photos through high digital ISO or scanning of the images. The plug-in works with a number of image editors, is easy to install and work with, and provides a quality output.
It is, indeed, a very easy to use program. The workflow is very intuitive plus every function and parameter is explained by tips that appear once you have your mouse over the item.
The image is brought into the plug-in window, evaluated, and a portion of it is denoised to be shown to the user as a preview.
Neat Image noise reduction tool
April 16, 2008
Neat image noise reduction tool has the flexibility of being used both as standalone program and as an image editor plug-in. As complex as its noise reduction algorithms can be the workflow of the program is smooth and easy and contains only four steps.
Enhancer
March 13, 2008
Another HDR producing software is Akvis Enhancer. Enhancer works as a "one click", or, in other words, fully automatic tone mapping tool. All you have to do with Enhancer is load images to the program and, may be, play with the settings afterwards. No intermediate hdr file, no manual alignment pains. Some color postprocessing after and you are done. A quick job.
Lets look at the workflow and the output quality though.
Enhancer has the usual Akvis program interface with a large preview space on the left, navigator and tools on the right panel with quick tips in the bottom.