Digital BW, The Print

Tyler, Noiseware gives users a control over shadow, midrange and highlight
and the high, mid and low frequency.  NI and NW are both quite good.
Interface on either takes a bit of time to learn.  

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of tboleyyh
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 3:58 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Grain/aliasing, CoolScan 5000 and VueScan

 

  

no way to do it in other scanners... it's the nature of the drum scanner to
have an aperture, fixed or variable.

I prefer Neat image if a noise filter is required, having separate control
over three different frequency ranges allows very fine tuned and natural
looking results. I have Noise Ninja as well and it is good, but for fine
tuning grain reduction from scans the extra control in Neat Image works best
for me.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com> , "lgrrrb@..."
<lgrrrb@...> wrote:
>
> Another approach to controlling the appearance of film grain is using
hardware. Enlarging the scanner aperture slightly reduces grain and has
little effect on image detail. Many drum scanners can do this but I don't
know about other scanners.
> 
> Randall R Bresee
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com> , "pdesmidt tds.net"
<pdesmidt@> wrote:
> >
> > Whether noise reduction will be useful depends a lot on the size of the
> > problem and how you want the grain, if any, to appear in the image. With
> > very grainy film, film that'd have a very visible grain pattern in an
8x10"
> > print from 35mm, I found that the Nikon scanner lost detail because of
the
> > exacerbation of grain compared to my Canon 9950F consumer flatbed.
> > Software noise reduction could get rid of the grain (and a bunch of
detail),
> > but for those images grain was an important part of the final look.
Trying
> > to minimize grain of Nikon scan, i.e. making it less noticeable but not
> > gone, led to a nasty smearing of the grain. In these cases, my Canon
flatbed
> > gave significantly better results than that Nikon film scanner. I was
going
> > to investigate wet-mounting and using diffusion with my Nikon, but I
ended
> > up getting a Screen Cezanne, and so I sold my Nikon.
> > 
> > 
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> >
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