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I have the trial ver. It seems to have an edge detection algorithms that
leaves edges alone.
John
"Brian C. Baird" <nospam@please.no> wrote in message
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> In article <20050110193036.06924.00000028@mb-m29.aol.com>, annika1980
> @aol.com says...
>> Someone on one of the pro photo groups suggested I check out NeatImage
>> after he
>> found the background in this ISO 1600 pic to be a bit noisy ( I didn't
>> have a
>> prob with it):
>> http
/www.pbase.com/bret/image/35429440
>>
>> So anyways, I had tried it a few years ago but wasn't too impressed so I
>> figured I'd give it another day in court. To make a long story short, I
>> now
>> have the full ver. 4.4 Pro+ edition and it works as advertised.
>>
>> To test it out, I took some photos of the sky at ISO's ranging from 100
>> to
>> 3200.
>> Here is a little test strip I made showing how each shot looks from the
>> 20D and
>> with the NeatImage processing.
>>
>> http/members.aol.com/annika1980/neatcomp.jpg
>>
>> As you can see there is little advantage to using NeatImage at the lower
>> ISO's
>> since the 20D is so clean. However, the software really kicks in the
>> higher
>> you go so it's like buying two extra stops on all your shots for $79.
>>
>> This one gets the ANNI 4-star rating. (It might've garnered a perfect
>> 5-star
>> rating, but I had to pay for it).
>>
>> -Annika ----> hates buyin software
>
> How does it do with areas of high detail? Can it separate the wheat
> from the chaff?
> --
> http/www.pbase.com/bcbaird/
I have the trial ver. It seems to have an edge detection algorithms that
leaves edges alone.
John
"Brian C. Baird" <nospam@please.no> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c4d0f5bc7f6a11d98a4be@news.verizon.net...
> In article <20050110193036.06924.00000028@mb-m29.aol.com>, annika1980
> @aol.com says...
>> Someone on one of the pro photo groups suggested I check out NeatImage
>> after he
>> found the background in this ISO 1600 pic to be a bit noisy ( I didn't
>> have a
>> prob with it):
>> http
/www.pbase.com/bret/image/35429440>>
>> So anyways, I had tried it a few years ago but wasn't too impressed so I
>> figured I'd give it another day in court. To make a long story short, I
>> now
>> have the full ver. 4.4 Pro+ edition and it works as advertised.
>>
>> To test it out, I took some photos of the sky at ISO's ranging from 100
>> to
>> 3200.
>> Here is a little test strip I made showing how each shot looks from the
>> 20D and
>> with the NeatImage processing.
>>
>> http
/members.aol.com/annika1980/neatcomp.jpg>>
>> As you can see there is little advantage to using NeatImage at the lower
>> ISO's
>> since the 20D is so clean. However, the software really kicks in the
>> higher
>> you go so it's like buying two extra stops on all your shots for $79.
>>
>> This one gets the ANNI 4-star rating. (It might've garnered a perfect
>> 5-star
>> rating, but I had to pay for it).
>>
>> -Annika ----> hates buyin software
>
> How does it do with areas of high detail? Can it separate the wheat
> from the chaff?
> --
> http
/www.pbase.com/bcbaird/
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