Aperture Noise Reduction?

Photo JoePhoto Joe Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
edited November 16, 2008 in Finishing School
I'm currently using only Aperture to organize and edit my photos, and thus far I can't seem to find any function that will reduce noise in a photo. From what I've heard photoshop and other editing software has features that help with this. Obviously downing the ISO would help out, but there will always be those situations where I can't conveniently do that. Typically speaking the more adjustments and edits I make on the photos, the noisier it will become as well, putting myself in and even worse place than where I started.
Suggestions?
Here's an example photo:
f/5.6
1/320
ISO 400
Equipment:
Canon - 40D, 24-105mm f/4 L
Sigma - 10-20mm f/4-5.6, 150mm f/2.8 Macro, 50mm f/1.4
Other - Canon Speedlite 430EX II

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  • Photo JoePhoto Joe Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited November 13, 2008
    100% Crop:
    Equipment:
    Canon - 40D, 24-105mm f/4 L
    Sigma - 10-20mm f/4-5.6, 150mm f/2.8 Macro, 50mm f/1.4
    Other - Canon Speedlite 430EX II
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2008
    On the recommendation of a dgrinner (Ziggy, in fact) I downloaded noiseware (the free standalone application). I've been very happy with the way it handles noise reduction - it's given me much better results than I've had with the noise reduction functions in any of my editing programs (PSP, CS3 etc)

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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2008
    Noise Ninja is now an Aperture plugin and it works beautifully deal.gif
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  • Photo JoePhoto Joe Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited November 13, 2008
    Bah, you got me excited, it looks like the standalone versions are unfortunately windows only, and I'm working on a mac platform. Bummer eek7.gif
    Equipment:
    Canon - 40D, 24-105mm f/4 L
    Sigma - 10-20mm f/4-5.6, 150mm f/2.8 Macro, 50mm f/1.4
    Other - Canon Speedlite 430EX II
  • Photo JoePhoto Joe Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited November 13, 2008
    I'll look into that plugin, thanks Plumer!
    Equipment:
    Canon - 40D, 24-105mm f/4 L
    Sigma - 10-20mm f/4-5.6, 150mm f/2.8 Macro, 50mm f/1.4
    Other - Canon Speedlite 430EX II
  • hiroProtagonisthiroProtagonist Registered Users Posts: 83 Big grins
    edited November 16, 2008
    Nik software has an Aperture plug in called dFine 2.0
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