Camera Noise Go Away! Part 3–Photo Walks Today

Oct 18 2008

Camera Noise Go Away! Part 3

Published by CLS at 8:09 am under Photo Tips

In part one and two we talked about the camera, and what you can do while shooting to prevent noise. However, there are times that noise will appear on the final image. All is not lost! With today’s sophisticated software digital camera noise can be removed during post production.

Depending on which software suite you have, you may not need to purchase more.

Of course, if you are a professional photographer I’m sure you have the latest version of Adobe Photoshop if not (CS4 is due out soon). Look under filters for the noise removal tab.

For those serious shutterbugs, who haven’t forked over $700. + for the full Photoshop, don’t despair. Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 has the noise canceling filter as well. Look under filters and you’ll find the noise adjustment. I’ve used the filter adjustment, but don’t like it as much as I do the software called Noise Ninja.

Noise Ninja can be used as a stand alone application or you can install it as a plug in for Photoshop. It even has some preset profiles for individual cameras used at various ISO’s. Making the whole process painless.

It takes a few extra steps to use the software as a stand alone application. I prefer it that way, it takes extra time, but helps me focus on what I’m doing. I prepare the image and convert it to JPEG. Then, before sharpening, I take it to Noise Ninja for removal. One thing I don’t want is to sharpen the noise – LOL.

There are other noise removing software packages out there as well. You may find you prefer one over the other. Truthfully, I haven’t tried them. I like N.N. and haven’t explored more. That said, here’s a short list of others I’ve heard that are rated well by users: