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Posted on 12/11/10 05:14:20 AM  | 
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					PSFan
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					Noise Reduction
					 The book doesn't seem to have covered a lot noise reduction tips. Although Camera Raw (on pages 432-433) offers a very good noise reduction tool, PS CS5 itself doesn't seem to have something similar. My questions: (1) Does PS CS5 provide anything similar to the noise reduction tool available in Camera Raw? (2) How to use Camera Raw to remove noise on a PSD file? Thanks a lot in advance.  | 
Posted on 12/11/10 07:59:34 AM  | 
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					Steve Caplin
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					Re: Noise Reduction
					 Photoshop does offer rudimentary noise reduction - it's found in Filter > Noise > Reduce Noise. It's not very good, though, and certainly not as good as what you find in Camera Raw. Most Photoshop users opt for a third-party solution. My favourite is NeatImage, which performs automatic noise reduction using two methods - camera profiles, and a clever means that involves examining a clear area of the image, identifying the noise, then removing that noise from the whole image.  | 
Posted on 12/11/10 11:26:21 PM  | 
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					Paul 2007 thru 2010
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					Re: Noise Reduction
					 There is more to the Reduce Noise filter than meets the eye. Using it is made easier when you know that the four sliders work in pairs. I used to use NeatImage. I never used the camera profiles but the sampling of the noise before reduction worked very well. I must look into getting a new version that will work with this machine and version of PS.  | 
Posted on 14/11/10 04:55:21 AM  | 
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					PSFan
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					Re: Noise Reduction
					 Thanks for the comments from both of you. I really appreciate it.  |