Mke717spotter From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 2315 posts, RR: 5 Posted (4 years 7 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 2954 times:
Hello! I was wondering if someone could give me some advice on removing noise/grain from an image. The noise removal program that I have is called Neat Image and then I use Photoshop Elements 5.0 for the rest of the editing. I've noticed that when I use Neat Image (This is after I've used photoshop to edit/enhance the pic) the grain/noise goes away but as does some of the quality/sharpness of the image. The filter preset setting that I'm using on Neat Image is set to "Remove only half of noise", anyone have a recommended setting to use? So really what I'm asking is how to remove the grain/noise without reducing the sharpness of the image. Thanks!
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Mke717spotter From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 2315 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (4 years 7 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2936 times:
Quoting Jid (Reply 1): The best tip is don't produce the noise in the first place.
And how do I accomplish that?
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EZEIZA From Argentina, joined Aug 2004, 4931 posts, RR: 28 Reply 5, posted (4 years 7 months 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2893 times:
Quoting Mke717spotter (Thread starter): I've noticed that when I use Neat Image (This is after I've used photoshop to edit/enhance the pic)
I used to do that but now I do it the other way round. I first use neatimage, save it and then edit the new noise-free version. I've noticed that this helps in terms of not losing overall quality
Dazbo5 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2005, 2580 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (4 years 7 months 5 hours ago) and read 2781 times:
Quoting Mke717spotter (Thread starter): when I use Neat Image (This is after I've used photoshop to edit/enhance the pic)
I agree with EZEIZA, use Neat Image first before you do anything else, and in small doses. Neat Image tends to soften the image so if you use it first, it minimises the effects of quality. As the other have saidm try and limit the amount of noise in the first place by using the lowest ISO setting you can. Plenty of sunshinehelps as well!!!!
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