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Show Notes… Welcome to the wild episode
Aside from goofing off and having fun on todays show we review Corel Painter X (time index 17:23) DXO Optics Pro (time index 29:33) And compare noise reduction tools Dfine2, Noise Ninja, and Neat Image (time index 40:31)
We also discussed my new Hollywood Effects Actions, and where you can download a free photoshop action, as well as the PPS article about Adobe Customer Support. The Canon ES2 portable printer was launched, and you can check out a really cool video of a trash the dress shoot.
Pick of the week was PanosFX Photoshop actions. You can enter the contest to win a full version of PainterX (Win or Mac) my sending one entry email to prophotoshow at(@) gmail.com
Lastly you can save 15% on Hollywood Effects actions by using promo code 11504416
Lastly heres a sample of an image made user the Painter X auto paint. Just a quickie, but it shows one example of what you can do.
Have a great week, and don’t forget to join the photography forum… Gav
[tags]photography, photoshop, noise, reduction, software, workflow, weddings, sports, portraits, actions[/tags]
I have all three noise reduction tools. Dfine 2.0 is my favorite. It automatically creates the noise reduction in a new layer, so if it strips out too much detail, I reduce the opacity of the layer, usually to around 60-70%. I find this brings a more natural look to the images if Dfine overdoes it. Neat Images works good too, but it’s auto profiler often can’t find an area to sample, and it doesn’t remove noise from green areas (maybe to protect grass?). The green issue alone is enough for me to use Dfine. Noise Ninja isn’t as good, but is way better than non-dedicated tools.
Oh, and with both Dfine and Neat Image, if it samples a white area only, select a new sample area as there is almost never noise in white. Thanks Gavin. I signed up for the link exchange a while ago and haven’t heard anything. Is it still around?