AFAIK, ACR's NR is for use before capture sharpening which is to be done
on the raw file at high magnification (>100%). If you are using Neat
Image does that imply that you are using it in PS for noise reduction
*after* you passed through ACR and balance/exposure adjustments?
Perhaps I'm working backwards. I've always assumed that ACR NR was the
first processing step. On reflection that may not be right since I
think the tools are typically arranged in the tabs according to order of
usage (ignoring iterative back and forth). Maybe I have to adjust my
total workflow to use NR after exposure adjustments. Using it first,
before exposure adjustments may be the real reason I see little effect
from NR. Duh?
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/6/2014 11:30 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 1/6/2014 6:52 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Care to describe that? Anything other than NR in the detail panel in
>> Camera RAW? Whenever I use that thing I can see little or no difference
>
> I have not, as I recall, ever used the NR in ACR. Perhaps I experimented with
> it long ago?
>
> You, and many others, use ACR as your primary post processing tool, whether
> directly or by means of the LR interface.
>
> I almost never use any part of ACR other than WB and exposure adjustments on
> the first tab. I did use the lens
> correction tab with my Canons, but that's not even possible for µ4/3 lenses
> without custom profiles, nor do they
> generally need further correction.
>
> My NR app of choice for some time has been NeatImage. I seem to think I've
> heard that NR in PS has been improved(?), but
> I've not tested it for a long time. I have NI profiles for my various cameras
> and ISOs, although I not uncommonly fine
> tune for a particular image.
>
> Noise at base ISOs of contemporary DSLRs, ILCs and high end compacts is very
> low. But if you look closely, it's there,
> especially in shadows. It's really no problem at near full frame and/or with
> minimal processing.
>
> Pull up the shadows, sharpen, add some LCE, crop a bit, and "OH! Where did
> that ugly noise/artifacts come from?"
>
> If I think there's any chance at all I will be cropping and/or some fancy
> dancin', the first thing I do in PS is NR,
> often followed by initial deconvolution 'sharpening'. As NR has resharpening
> settings, the balance between that and
> FocusMagic is pretty much personal taste.
>
>> but maybe that's because I try very hard to stay at base ISO.
>
> That's a big help, but not always possible and not always enough. Good
> technique and work flow is no less important in
> the digital darkroom than in the wet darkroom.
>
> Clean Fingers Moose
>
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