From: "Julian Vrieslander" <julianv@mindspring.com>
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Since there is now a Mac version of the Neat Image plugin, I have been
looking at their product info page
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They don't provide a noise profile for the Nikon film scanners. I would be
interested in reading comments from any Wintel users who have tried Neat
Image with an LS-4000 or other Nikon scanners. Are the results better than
what can be achieved with the noise/grain reduction tools in VueScan and
Photoshop CS?
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With the Nikon 8000, NikonScan, Fuji Velvia 50 and Reala, I found NeatImage
to be nothing other than amazing. As long as your image has a relatively
large smooth area, it can figure out a profile.
It did have one minor problem: processing a 645 scan took 25 minutes. Ouch.
So it has not been part of my workflow.
Since then, they claim they've speeded it up, and I've bought a new computer
that's quite a bit faster, so I'm planning on trying again.
My basic take is that high-res film scans need noise reduction, and
NeatImage does a good job.
There's also NoiseNinja that a lot of peole like, but I don't know if it has
a MAC version.
David J. Littleboy
davidjl@gol.com
Tokyo, Japan
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