Digital BW, The Print

Bob, it was a while ago so there are certainly newer versions, as you
mention, and I don't recall having a Pro+ version at the time. You are
right about settings and a huge variety of possible results. Also, we
kept away from any defaults as they tend to be "auto unacceptable". 
We just did our best to find settings with each of them we thought
best, and similar between them all.
You are correct that it was difficult to be conclusive with a lot of
confidence.
Regarding the history brush, can't you do that with any of these?
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost"
<bob@...> wrote:
>
> Tyler,
> 
> I use Neat Image Pro+; having the plugin for CS2 is great since you
can use 
> the History Brush to paint in the desired effect and amount where
you want 
> it.
> 
> But I find it difficult to see how you compare these programs, other
than 
> for usability. NI has literally millions of different settings that
could be 
> used. How do you choose which one to compare with which one of another 
> program, or do you just use the default settings. Someone said NI
can be too 
> agressive. Well, it (and the others) can if you set all sliders
high. But 
> since there are 12 sliders that each vary from 0-100%, you can set
them to 
> taste, from no effect to millions of different effects. There are
also more 
> than a dozen different preset effects for starters!
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tyler Boley" <tyler@...>
> 
> 
> As posted back then, we downloaded and tested demos of all the major
> noise/grain plugins about a year ago.
> Personlly, I thought the Noiseware filter was the best in terms of
> image quality.
> But Noise Ninja was a very close second, some people could not see the
> difference, and had an interface that was easier and faster to learn
> up front so we got it. They both beat out Neat Image, which was still
> pretty good.
> You can do as much bad as good with these filters...
>