Best color grain removal EVER!!! Mwhahahahaha!

[jes]

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning actions and the newest version set is found right here: http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn

The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS 5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when using it...

 

[jes]

http://www.dpreview.com/misc/rdr.asp?url=http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[Ryan Schlagheck14966]

Downloaded it and can't wait to use it. I shot some motorsports at ISO 800 and need to clean up some of the shots. WIll let you know how it worked out on my version of PS6.

Thanks for posting this!

Cheers,

Ryan S.
Raleigh, NC

http://www.dpreview.com/misc/rdr.asp?url=http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[Fred Miranda]

jes,
I downloaded it and tried with ISO 800 and ISO 1600 images.

Although it surely takes care of the color noise (blue and red channels) it doesn't help with luminance channel noise. (which is the most noticeable)

Your action is really a great tool, performing similarly or better than the expensive Quantum Mechanics PRO. (Which I unfortunately bought). The only difference is that Qmech PRO works in 16bit and has an option to despeckle the luminance channel.

I wish you would continue to develop something similar like your first action, which took care of some luminance noise as well while keeping the detail (it was better than the Qimage D1 noise remover IMO)
Best,
FRED

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[Karl Guttag]

Jes,

I just upgraded to PS6. These actions seem to work really well on a few ISO 800 and 1600 pictures I tried them on.

Now I feel good that I bought a new PC and upgraded to PS6 (actually PS6.01 plus P4 extensions).

Karl

Thanks for posting this!

Cheers,

Ryan S.
Raleigh, NC

http://www.dpreview.com/misc/rdr.asp?url=http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[Karl Guttag]

Fred, you are greedy .

After running Jes's noise remover, most of the luma noise is single pixel and thus is set up well to do a 1-pixel radius median. I'm not sure what QM does in it luma noise algorithm, but I looks to me like it was similar to Median.

One thing I like better about Jes's is that it seems to deal with what I call low frequency weave noise. I have always found that QM did a good job on the high frequency color noise but left the low frequency weave, even when set to a High radius.

Karl

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[jes]

I'll work on the luma action next...as I now need something else to do anyhow, heh. But it is here where people differ greatly in opinions of what looks right and natural and what looks processed. It is just so hard to soften luma grain without making people complain about losing detail, no matter how miniscule the changes. I personally don't want to lose any detail considering my images are mostly no bigger than 1024x768.

Well, for now you can try to tweak the color actions with different filters and simply change the set to color step to luminosity and work from scratch on filter steps after that point.

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[Fred Miranda]

Fred, you are greedy .

Not really. Just giving an honest feedback. )

After running Jes's noise remover, most of the luma noise is single
pixel and thus is set up well to do a 1-pixel radius median. I'm
not sure what QM does in it luma noise algorithm, but I looks to me
like it was similar to Median.

Jes's new action takes care of the chroma noise very effectively. He also gives 3 levels of control. I think his action is ALL we need for chroma noise.

My comment was regarding the "luma" noise" which is the most noticeable and more difficult to remove (without killing detail)

I don't know if you had the chance to try Jen's first noise reduction actions, which took care of the luma noise very well.

Quantum Mechanics PRO, only despeckle the luminance channel in 16bit mode to get rid of some of the luma noise.
I usually run find edges, inverse the selection and apply a medium radius=1

One thing I like better about Jes's is that it seems to deal with
what I call low frequency weave noise. I have always found that QM
did a good job on the high frequency color noise but left the low
frequency weave, even when set to a High radius.

I don't understand the difference between High and low "frequency", so can't comment on it.

Best,
FRED

 

[Fred Miranda]

I'll work on the luma action next...as I now need something else to
do anyhow, heh. But it is here where people differ greatly in
opinions of what looks right and natural and what looks processed.
It is just so hard to soften luma grain without making people
complain about losing detail, no matter how miniscule the changes.
I personally don't want to lose any detail considering my images
are mostly no bigger than 1024x768.

It's definitely a trade off Jen. Some of the detail will be gone, no matter how you do it. I have no problem with random noise (film like) even at ISO 1600, especially when the image is downsampled 50-60%.

It's a very difficult job to find the "sweet spot", where the maximum of detail and maximum of cleaning can be done. You've proven your Photoshop skills and did a great job on it on your first posted action (luma action).
Best,
FRED

 

[Karl Guttag]

Fred,

I have an electrical engineering background and worked on image processing chip, thus the lingo. In imaging/signal processing, high frequency is high resolution. The math of image processing is similar to any other signal processing except that it is two dimension (horizontal and vertical).

The highest resolution/frequency for a digital image is a single pixel. Low "frequency" would be many pixels. The "blobs" in what I call low frequency weave are about 10 to 20 or so pixels in size.

A median filter is a classic non-linear filter. It basically looks at the pixels surrounding a given pixel and if the pixel is an "outlier" (much different that the surrounding pixels) it changes the value of that pixel to more closely match the surrounding pixels. Median will soften edges a bit, but not nearly as much as say a Gausian blur. With noise of a size of 1 pixel, a median of 1 pixel does a pretty good job of killing the noise.

I'm in the middle of bringing up a new system P4 1.7G Win2K 512M RDRAM800 and just installed PS6. If I get a chance next week, I may play with Filter Formula (or the like) and see if I can come up with a better filter for the noise. I think for working on simple luma spot noise, it might be better to go with a non-linear (decision making) filter ala median, but maybe with different criteria. If I get real ambitious, I would be tempted to have a filter that soften noise and sharpens non-noise areas.

Karl

After running Jes's noise remover, most of the luma noise is single
pixel and thus is set up well to do a 1-pixel radius median. I'm
not sure what QM does in it luma noise algorithm, but I looks to me
like it was similar to Median.

Jes's new action takes care of the chroma noise very effectively.
He also gives 3 levels of control. I think his action is ALL we
need for chroma noise.
My comment was regarding the "luma" noise" which is the most
noticeable and more difficult to remove (without killing detail)
I don't know if you had the chance to try Jen's first noise
reduction actions, which took care of the luma noise very well.
Quantum Mechanics PRO, only despeckle the luminance channel in
16bit mode to get rid of some of the luma noise.
I usually run find edges, inverse the selection and apply a medium
radius=1

One thing I like better about Jes's is that it seems to deal with
what I call low frequency weave noise. I have always found that QM
did a good job on the high frequency color noise but left the low
frequency weave, even when set to a High radius.

I don't understand the difference between High and low "frequency",
so can't comment on it.

Best,
FRED

 

[Paul Greenleaf]

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[Soren Coughlin-Glaser]

Hi Jes, Thanks for all of your work, it sounds like your plug in works well, although I downloaded it and tried it and it runs, and the resulting image is "exactly" the same as the original, I mean exactly, pixel by pixel. I went in and eliminated the flatten from the action and I get two layers one overly smoothed, and one like the original, together they just make the original. Is this a Mac thing? Has anyone else tried this on a Mac.

Soren

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[Paul Greenleaf]

I'll work on the luma action next...as I now need something else to
do anyhow, heh. But it is here where people differ greatly in
opinions of what looks right and natural and what looks processed.
It is just so hard to soften luma grain without making people
complain about losing detail, no matter how miniscule the changes.
I personally don't want to lose any detail considering my images
are mostly no bigger than 1024x768.

It's definitely a trade off Jen. Some of the detail will be gone,
no matter how you do it. I have no problem with random noise (film
like) even at ISO 1600, especially when the image is downsampled
50-60%.
It's a very difficult job to find the "sweet spot", where the
maximum of detail and maximum of cleaning can be done. You've
proven your Photoshop skills and did a great job on it on your
first posted action (luma action).
Best,
FRED

 

[Fred Miranda]

Karlg,

Your background gives us lots of very useful information. You've been of great help in this forum, with lens choice tips and Photoshop techniques. Thanks for your time.

PS: The best I came up with to reduce luma noise is to run "find edges", invert the selection and apply a medium filter of 1 pixel. You can try my automated SharpenEgde 16bit action with noise reduction (using this procedure) here:

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&page=1&message=1221307

Please post your action to reduce luma noise when you get your system setup. I'm sure it will be more effective than mine.

PS: I now agree with the 1/focal lengh+1.6x when handholding the camera. I've done some tests with IS off and you are definitely right.

Best,
FRED

http://www.pbase.com/gallery/positiv

I have an electrical engineering background and worked on image
processing chip, thus the lingo. In imaging/signal processing,
high frequency is high resolution. The math of image processing is
similar to any other signal processing except that it is two
dimension (horizontal and vertical).

The highest resolution/frequency for a digital image is a single
pixel. Low "frequency" would be many pixels. The "blobs" in what
I call low frequency weave are about 10 to 20 or so pixels in size.

A median filter is a classic non-linear filter. It basically looks
at the pixels surrounding a given pixel and if the pixel is an
"outlier" (much different that the surrounding pixels) it changes
the value of that pixel to more closely match the surrounding
pixels. Median will soften edges a bit, but not nearly as much as
say a Gausian blur. With noise of a size of 1 pixel, a median of 1
pixel does a pretty good job of killing the noise.

I'm in the middle of bringing up a new system P4 1.7G Win2K 512M
RDRAM800 and just installed PS6. If I get a chance next week, I
may play with Filter Formula (or the like) and see if I can come up
with a better filter for the noise. I think for working on simple
luma spot noise, it might be better to go with a non-linear
(decision making) filter ala median, but maybe with different
criteria. If I get real ambitious, I would be tempted to have a
filter that soften noise and sharpens non-noise areas.

Karl

After running Jes's noise remover, most of the luma noise is single
pixel and thus is set up well to do a 1-pixel radius median. I'm
not sure what QM does in it luma noise algorithm, but I looks to me
like it was similar to Median.

Jes's new action takes care of the chroma noise very effectively.
He also gives 3 levels of control. I think his action is ALL we
need for chroma noise.
My comment was regarding the "luma" noise" which is the most
noticeable and more difficult to remove (without killing detail)
I don't know if you had the chance to try Jen's first noise
reduction actions, which took care of the luma noise very well.
Quantum Mechanics PRO, only despeckle the luminance channel in
16bit mode to get rid of some of the luma noise.
I usually run find edges, inverse the selection and apply a medium
radius=1

One thing I like better about Jes's is that it seems to deal with
what I call low frequency weave noise. I have always found that QM
did a good job on the high frequency color noise but left the low
frequency weave, even when set to a High radius.

I don't understand the difference between High and low "frequency",
so can't comment on it.

Best,
FRED

 

[mccance]

...you guys ever actually take any pictures with your camera?

Soren

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[Fred Miranda]

Yes,
Here are some of my galleries:

http://www.pbase.com/gallery/positiv

http://members3.clubphoto.com/fred258996/

Can you share yours?
Best,
FRED

Soren

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[David Lozoya]

Ditto....I tried it too and nothing happend...I must be doing something wrong.

Using PS 6.0.1, WindowsME and an 8bit .tiff file....can anyone help?

Soren

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[mccance]

Freddy:

My site is listed in my profile.

Rob

http://www.pbase.com/gallery/positiv

http://members3.clubphoto.com/fred258996/

Can you share yours?
Best,
FRED

Soren

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[jes]

Umm, let's see here. You say you loaded the action and played it and you saw stuff happening (should appear to be lots of weird stuff going on) onscreen as it played/went through its bazillion steps and you got nothing? No changes? Is this correct?

It may help to post your image somewhere, or a 100% small crop of an area of your image that shows the noise, so I can apply the action here and see what happens.

Using PS 6.0.1, WindowsME and an 8bit .tiff file....can anyone help?

Soren

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...

 

[David Lozoya]

Jes,

Yes...I saw quite a bit of stuff happening...but in the end I saw zero effect. I went to the History view and brought back the original image and it looked exactly the same. The one thing that you might mention to others is to be sure that the file you are massaging (.tiff in my case) is at 8bits, as the duplicate action wouldn't kick in otherwise.

I really would like it to work as I never use 800 or 1600...just too noisy for my tastes.

Using PS 6.0.1, WindowsME and an 8bit .tiff file....can anyone help?

Soren

I have now perfected my "tight arse" color grain specific cleaning
actions and the newest version set is found right here:
http://www.dpreview.com/ ... ... ht_a/coolato/colorgraincleaners.atn
The bad news is..I believe the newest and best version may only be
compatible with PS6...unlike the last one I posted (created in PS
5.5) ?

I was EXTREMELY anal in creating these so that they would offer the
best compromise between preservation of color detail and removal of
color noise/oversaturated pixels. It is very unlikely that one
would find a better automatic method for removing color blemises
that also preserves as much image detail as possible. These will
hopefully prove that straight PS with a little dexterity (very
anal, obsessive, compulsiveness) is dominant over expensive
freeware and plugin software that perform similar (not as
good)grain removal specific fixes. I've already compared my actions
to some of these other software/programs and am convinced mine
don't destroy as much detai (bleed colors left and right over
edges)l, yet they still take out noticeable and unsightly color
grain just as good.

Comments welcome....perhaps care for zoomed in before and after
examples?

Note: the "heavy action" now preserves details significantly better
than the last posted set...so you don't have to be too wary when
using it...