Reducing Noise

[Captured In Lights]

Hello!

I am having a serious issues with noise in my photos. I'm not too familiar on how to use the filter within Photoshop, or know of any good noise reducing filters that I could download. Can anybody assist me in this?

Thanks,

Christina

[kencaleno]

Try This:

- Noise (Chroma-colour noise)


- Image> Mode> LAB Colour> Channels
Channel “a” Gaussian blur 5 pixels
Channel “b” Gaussian blur 5 pixels
Channel “lightness” Filter> noise> despeckle
Image> Mode> RGB colour

-Noise (Luma -Grainy noise)

-lasso area and apply smart blur at default setting (For small areas)
-Or Ctrl+J
-Smart blur-Then eraser tool to expose background features

Regards, Ken

[Captured In Lights]

Thanks alot for the tips! I'll try that out!

[Jim Bryant]

Originally Posted by kencaleno

Try This:

- Noise (Chroma-colour noise)


- Image> Mode> LAB Colour> Channels
Channel “a” Gaussian blur 5 pixels
Channel “b” Gaussian blur 5 pixels
Channel “lightness” Filter> noise> despeckle
Image> Mode> RGB colour

-Noise (Luma -Grainy noise)

-lasso area and apply smart blur at default setting (For small areas)
-Or Ctrl+J
-Smart blur-Then eraser tool to expose background features

Regards, Ken

Good advice there Ken.............I've made my own action, but will give yours a try.

[Steve@C4]

Nothing gets my noise removal vote like Noise Ninja. Just about the simplest thing I've ever used.

http://www.picturecode.com/

[WaitForTheRain]

I use Noiseware, you have to pay for the full version but you can get a reasonable trial version of it at: http://www.imagenomic.com/nwpg.aspx

I find that it's great at getting rid of noise without losing much detail in your pictures compared to alot of other noise reduction software.

[EddieNikon]

I use reduce noise filter in Photoshop

[fletch]

Try neat Image. The free version is good and isn't crippled by restrictions until you pay. The only thing it can't do is output to a TIFF file.

[wulf]

Try lower ISO or better exposure. If you can limit the problem in camera, you will get much better results from the post-production polish. Have you got an example image (and associated camera settings) to illustrate the problem you are having?

Wulf