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I have a photo that has a lot of noise in the clouds and blue sky and I'm not really sure how to remove it. Can anyone share their technique?

Jeff
 
either noise ninja or neat image. Both are very good and each will do the job. After this there are a 1001 different ways to do it manually using photoshop or by using other softwear programs many of which are free.

I personally use noise ninja and am very satisfied.

You can also do a search on google or in this forum and get a very long list of methods.

I take it you are new to retouching since you ask this question. Welcome and I wish many happy hours learning how to do this stuff. It is a lot of fun.
 
Nightman said:
either noise ninja or neat image. Both are very good and each will
do the job. After this there are a 1001 different ways to do it
manually using photoshop or by using other softwear programs many
of which are free.

I personally use noise ninja and am very satisfied.

You can also do a search on google or in this forum and get a very
long list of methods.

I take it you are new to retouching since you ask this question.
Welcome and I wish many happy hours learning how to do this stuff.
It is a lot of fun.
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Thanks for the warm welcome Nightman. Full disclosure: I am definitely new to retouching. I'm familiar with the features of PS and I can move around really easy in it, but I haven't done much photo retouching.

About Noise Ninja.... does it offer a level of noise reduction that can't be achieved manually with PS?

Thanks,
Jeff
 
You don't mention what software you are using. If its PS CS 2, there is a fine noise reducing filter built in.

My preference is Neat Image. It's a plug-in that you install in your plug in folder and use either as a free-standing application or from within photoshop. If I'm not mistaken, you can try it free to see if it does what you'd like and if you feel comfortable with the interface.
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Kate
 
Kate Street said:
You don't mention what software you are using. If its PS CS 2,
there is a fine noise reducing filter built in.

My preference is Neat Image. It's a plug-in that you install in
your plug in folder and use either as a free-standing application
or from within photoshop. If I'm not mistaken, you can try it free
to see if it does what you'd like and if you feel comfortable with
the interface.
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Kate
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I use PS CS. I've yet to upgrade to CS2. Thanks!
 
I prefer NeatImage Pro+. Vlad provides great customer service, and the product is excellent.

I have a free action set for noise removal, but noise removal is best done with an add-in.

http://www.thelightsrightstudio.com/TLRDigitalNoiseReduction.htm

As far as techniques, I strongly recommend using a surface mask to keep noise reduction software from softening yolur image.

Cheers,

Mitch

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arn't you? Just teasing.

Well there are some people who can do it with PS alone but I am not one of them. You can probably get 80% of the way there by making a duplicate image and then selecting Filter..Noise...Dust and Scratches. Play around with the radius level, probably somewhere between 1 and 4 will be plenty.

I would then add a layer mask and use the opacity slider to fine tune. You might even want to use a black brush to eliminate the effect in some areas such as peoples eyes.

Hope this helps.
 
gmitchel said:
I prefer NeatImage Pro+. Vlad provides great customer service, and
the product is excellent.

I have a free action set for noise removal, but noise removal is
best done with an add-in.

http://www.thelightsrightstudio.com/TLRDigitalNoiseReduction.htm

As far as techniques, I strongly recommend using a surface mask to
keep noise reduction software from softening yolur image.

Cheers,

Mitch

--
http://www.thelightsrightstudio.com
http://www.thelightsright.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheLightsRight/
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Thanks for the link to the action set, Mitch. Can you explain what a surface mask is? Are you refering to a layer mask on a duplicate image layer allowing sharpness can be brushed back in select areas of the photo....in case the noise filtration softens the image?
 
Nightman said:
arn't you? Just teasing.

Well there are some people who can do it with PS alone but I am not
one of them. You can probably get 80% of the way there by making a
duplicate image and then selecting Filter..Noise...Dust and
Scratches. Play around with the radius level, probably somewhere
between 1 and 4 will be plenty.

I would then add a layer mask and use the opacity slider to fine
tune. You might even want to use a black brush to eliminate the
effect in some areas such as peoples eyes.

Hope this helps.
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It's always a pleasure to stir up the waters a little! JK =)

Thanks for the filter tip. It helps a bunch. It sounds like I can tweak it enough with a mask and opacity adjustments, as you advised, to get the results I need.
 
 
Photoshop only:

You could convert the picture to LAB color range, select the color channel with the worst noise (blue and green colors are normally the worst offenders) and blurr it. This will not effect the overall sharpness of the picture.
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