Using Photoshop and Neat Image together to reduce noise

carregwen · Post by **carregwen** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:30 pm

Hi

I always shoot RAW mode. I usually apply a small amount of noise reduction in Photoshop CS4 RAW editor before exporting to TIFF/PSD, where I use NI if the shot is noisy.

Is it best to do all noise reduction in NI, or should I continue my current practise?

I use a Canon 50D with 24-105L lens.

Rob

Post by **NITeam** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:41 pm

There is only way to know what works best for you in this situation - to try it both ways, with NI alone and with ACR followed by NI in CS4.

Usually NI is able to better preserve details than other noise reduction methods, but if you like to use the Photoshop tools then NI can work in such a way too.

Still, I recommend to compare the results of two workflows to see which one produces better results. If there is no difference then it makes sense to use just one too, for simplicity sake.

Hope this helps,
Vlad

carregwen · Post by **carregwen** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:24 pm

Thank you Vlad,

I normally reduce noise slightly in RAW to give it a head start. But I find NI is far more efficient at reducing noise in the TIFF. I guess it's the same with a lot of plugins - they often seem to work better than native Photoshop. Am I allowed to say that!

rob