NeatImage, Noise Reduction Tools
Howdy all,
Last weekend some friends and I went to Tulamben beach. As usual we took some pictures. Some of us are quite good at photography but unfortunately, the cameras used are not good enough (Hope someday I could buy SLR..amin..). The cameras are Canon PowerShot A650 IS (Wina's), CANON PowerShot SX100 (Nita's) and Olympus FE210 (mine).
After transfering the whole pictures into my computer, I found that the pictures are noisy, blur, and the ilumination is not quite good.
so I decide to edit some beautiful picture using Photoshop CS. I changed the contrast and brightness. And to remove the noise, I used smart blur. But, I was not satisfied with the result, the noise still clear to see.
Then I searched for noise reduction tools. I found NeatImage. After downloaded and I installed it. I made an experiment using NeatImage by following the manual help. Yeah the result was quite amazing me!! The noise was reduced but the picture was not blur. Here I want to demo how to use NeatImage.
1. After fire the NeatImage, open the image that you want to edit.
2. To filter the image, NeatImage needs to know the characteristic of the noise produced by the camera digital that the image comes from. Use the Device Noise Profile tab.
3. To build the profile, I recommend you using Auto profile function.
4. After the profile is built, check the Profile quality indicator in the bottom. If the profile quality is high (higher than 75%) then it means that the noise profile is accurate.
5. Save the profile.
6. Then select the matching noise profile that we have just build.
7. After build the profile, we need to adjust filter setting.
But we are actually don't really need to adjust the setting because the default setting is available. The default setting is based on the noise analysis provided by the noise profile. Use the Noise Filter Settings tab.
8. Adjust the noise level when necessary.
9. Adjust noise reduction amount when necessary.
10. Adjust sharpening settings when necessary.
11. Use Output Image tab.
11. Press the Apply button to get the final result.
12. Then save it.
Here's the before picture:
Last weekend some friends and I went to Tulamben beach. As usual we took some pictures. Some of us are quite good at photography but unfortunately, the cameras used are not good enough (Hope someday I could buy SLR..amin..). The cameras are Canon PowerShot A650 IS (Wina's), CANON PowerShot SX100 (Nita's) and Olympus FE210 (mine).
After transfering the whole pictures into my computer, I found that the pictures are noisy, blur, and the ilumination is not quite good.
so I decide to edit some beautiful picture using Photoshop CS. I changed the contrast and brightness. And to remove the noise, I used smart blur. But, I was not satisfied with the result, the noise still clear to see.
Then I searched for noise reduction tools. I found NeatImage. After downloaded and I installed it. I made an experiment using NeatImage by following the manual help. Yeah the result was quite amazing me!! The noise was reduced but the picture was not blur. Here I want to demo how to use NeatImage.
1. After fire the NeatImage, open the image that you want to edit.
2. To filter the image, NeatImage needs to know the characteristic of the noise produced by the camera digital that the image comes from. Use the Device Noise Profile tab.
3. To build the profile, I recommend you using Auto profile function.
4. After the profile is built, check the Profile quality indicator in the bottom. If the profile quality is high (higher than 75%) then it means that the noise profile is accurate.
5. Save the profile.
6. Then select the matching noise profile that we have just build.
7. After build the profile, we need to adjust filter setting.
But we are actually don't really need to adjust the setting because the default setting is available. The default setting is based on the noise analysis provided by the noise profile. Use the Noise Filter Settings tab.
8. Adjust the noise level when necessary.
9. Adjust noise reduction amount when necessary.
10. Adjust sharpening settings when necessary.
11. Use Output Image tab.
11. Press the Apply button to get the final result.
12. Then save it.
Here's the before picture:
