Should I fine-tune anything?
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:19 pm
I have downloaded a set of ready-made profiles posted by another NeatImage user. So far, they seem to be very good, and they will save me many hours of shooting the test target with my own camera (Canon S3IS).
When I open one of my pictures, I can select a profile that exactly matches the picture I opened (same JPEG compression, same ISO and same shutter speed). This means it will "match" 100 percent.
But the "profile quality" is listed as 94 percent, or 78 percent, or sometimes even 70 percent. What does this mean?
1. Is there noise in my picture Neat Image cannot fix?
2. Is the picture underexposed (fireworks, city streets at night)?
3. Can I improve things by using advanced mode and the "noise filter settings" tab?
Can I improve these results? Should I even try?
Should I use "auto profile" to tell NI to look for a uniform area in the photo itself? When I tried this, NI frequently has a hard time finding a good test area, and the "profile quality" may be even lower than the profile that I downloaded (or made myself from the calibration target).
Any suggestions are very much appreciated.
So far, NI is just wonderful. They say even a 2 MP camera is fine for putting photos on the web. This makes me think that looking at a computer monitor is a poor way to judge the quality of a picture. But with NI, I can sometimes see improvement (and no "plastic" look) even with low-noise ISO 80 shots!
When I open one of my pictures, I can select a profile that exactly matches the picture I opened (same JPEG compression, same ISO and same shutter speed). This means it will "match" 100 percent.
But the "profile quality" is listed as 94 percent, or 78 percent, or sometimes even 70 percent. What does this mean?
1. Is there noise in my picture Neat Image cannot fix?
2. Is the picture underexposed (fireworks, city streets at night)?
3. Can I improve things by using advanced mode and the "noise filter settings" tab?
Can I improve these results? Should I even try?
Should I use "auto profile" to tell NI to look for a uniform area in the photo itself? When I tried this, NI frequently has a hard time finding a good test area, and the "profile quality" may be even lower than the profile that I downloaded (or made myself from the calibration target).
Any suggestions are very much appreciated.
So far, NI is just wonderful. They say even a 2 MP camera is fine for putting photos on the web. This makes me think that looking at a computer monitor is a poor way to judge the quality of a picture. But with NI, I can sometimes see improvement (and no "plastic" look) even with low-noise ISO 80 shots!