Digital BW, The Print

With all the options of apply to, snap shot, history brush, background copy,
et la; One should be able to get an appropriate amount of reduced noise.  I
did get Pro+ and don't find anything to hard to handle. With all the other
testing I need to do, I think I'll just run with it at this point. Thanks to
all for opening up my eyes to the other programs. 

Eric

Eric Neilsen Photography
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Tyler Boley
> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:01 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Anyone Try Neat Image?
> 
> 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...
> >
> 
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