Noise Ninja? - Pro or Home?

[Mytusi]

I am considering buying Noise Ninja and I saw there are different versions.

I am using Photoshop Elements for most pictures so I was thinking that it would be nice to have the plug in vs stand alone. But I also noticed there's Pro and Home.

What are you using ad why? I don't find myself using the batch option of PSE too often, so I am wondering if I will use the batch version of Noises Ninja Pro version....

Are there other significant differences? Is the almost double price justified?

Thank you!

[drr0b]

I use NeatImage rather than Noiseninja, but it offers the same array of choices.

I have PSE7, and definitely recommend the plugin version if you want to apply noise reduction to limited areas rather than the whole image, or want to do different noise reductions on different layers.

For NeatImage, the main difference between Home and Pro seemed to be that Pro allows reduction on 16 bit images. I upgraded to Pro when I bought a DSLR and started using RAW.

If you're not using 16 bit images (e.g. converting from RAW to TIFF) then there's no point getting Pro.

[windrider86]

i use it as a plugin and use it religiously.

[Mytusi]

Thank you for your replies. I decided to go ahead and get the Home bundle. I love it so far, even though I have been only using it on automatic settings. I still have to learn about the other options.