So which software do you like best for cleaning up those noisy indoor high ISO shots??? I know there are some stand alone products as well as some PS plug-ins.... any strong recommendations? And before/after examples you care to share?

Thanks in advance

I recently got Noiseware, and it does a good job.

Yeah, the Noiseware software from imagenomic is absolutely amazing.

+2. Love Noiseware from Imagenomic. They are my lifesavers!

Me too!!! Love Imagenomic Noiseware Pro

Hmm. I'll have to check that out. I've used neat image for the past few years and have been happy with it. http://www.neatimage.com/

I've used most of them in reviewing for Pro Photo Show. Few are as noise reduction fanatical as me

Neat Image
Noise Ninja
Noiseware
Dfine

Neat Image seems to be the best product at getting rid of the most noise.

Noise Ninja is good, slightly softer result, but has more reliable batching (ie using it in an action) because it auto profiles better

These two are the most popular.

The others are not bad, just not as good based on my own experiences. I plan to spend a little more time with Noiseware. I know some swear by it, and I intend to do a full on side by side soon.

I did an audio review on three of them in Pro Photo Show #38

Interesting, I'll have to check it out. I've been using Noise Ninja and have enjoyed the results.

I've been using Noiseware Pro for years but recently found that it wasn't handling noise reduction from my Nikon D3 images very well at all. Just bought the pro version of Neat Image and WOW what a difference! Thanks Gavin. I'm happy again.

(Not that there are very many D3 images that need noise reduction, but when you get a "moment" and you didn't expose properly, sometimes the image still needs noise help. I have been unhappy with Noiseware ever since I got my D3.)

Interesting! so, it matters what camera you're using it with? Please explain...Hey! When you do a side by side review PLEASE let me know!!! Post it here...something! Cause I really want to know

Neat Image 5.8 ROCKS! I've used NI for years and don't have any plans to change.

(And yes, I have the photoshop plugin for it - it's great)

Yup Neat Image - it recently one best NR out of al the top plug ins.

(By the way, my old camera was a D200, and the Noiseware results were great and MUCH NEEDED.)


I really don't know for sure, but my instinct tells me:

* I think I'm using a higher bit number. Probably, what matters most is whether you're processing at 8 bits or 16. The "Pro" version of Neat Image lists 16 bit compatibility as a feature while the "home" version does not.

Honestly, Noiseware was SO bad on my D3 files that the noisy version looked FAR BETTER than the Noiseware version of any file.

I did a side-by-side comparison just now on a noisy file and seriously, the Noiseware version vs the Neat Image version -- NI was way way way better. Sorry I don't have time to post images. I got run catch a train.

This is so strange because I just got a new computer and I posted last week about how on my old computer the Noiseware was awesome and on my new computer it really was bad (like the images looked better without it) And then after using it for a while it has gotten better---my husband was reading something about it that insinuated that it "learns" over time how to reduce noise better and better with each image it processes...so. wierd. And acutally very frustrating! I totally screwed up a session a couple weeks ago with my exposure comp. being turned way down and wasn't checking my histograms---I got the images home, was SO excited about them, and then when I pulled them up I was like OH NO!!!!!!! I couldn't process them with my new MacPro because the Noiseware wasn't doing the trick and do I processed that whole session on the old sloooooow iMac. ANYWAY....wierd!

Well, that is very strange. I can't imagine that the noiseware thing "learns" though. Is it possible that somehow the default settings got changed? On mine, images from the d200 process great in Noiseware, but D3 images look horrid.

They look fab with Neat Image though!

I feel your pain about that shoot. I have SO done stuff like that. It's like, you're ROCKING thinking YEAH BABY! I NAILED THAT SHOOT. And then you get home and hide under the covers and hope to God nobody ever calls you a photographer again. (Until you let it all sink in, fix it the best you can, and the client never really knows the difference.) Yeah, I've been there.

I'm another Noiseware junkie. but I must say I haven't tried any of the others mentioned above. Noiseware has always done all I needed.

+1 Neat Image

Super nice people also!

i use noise ninja, but rarely have to use it anymore since i got the 40d.