Noise Ninja Review

gmitchel850 · February 27, 2009

I've written a comprehensive review of Noise Ninja 2. It's a 28 page .PDF download that's free to the digital photography community.

http://www.thelightsright.com/NoiseNinja2

If you're considering noise reduction software, I hope this review helps.
I also have similar reviews for Nik Dfine 2 and Noiseware 4

http://www.thelightsright.com/NikDfine2
http://www.thelightsright.com/Noiseware4

I have plans for several more reviews of noise reduction software. I hope to get Neat Image online soon. That will finish the "Big 4" apps. I will also be looking at Topaz, PictureCooler, Akvis NoiseBuster, etc.

I can't predict when I'll complete the others. I do this as time permits. These reviews are quite comprehensive, so they take a while to prepare. They compete with my tools, tutorials, and videos for my attention.

Comments are welcome.

Enjoy!

Mitch

paddler4 · February 28, 2009

error in pdf
Mitch,

This is great--a real favor to the rest of us. but there is a problem with this particular pdf--it seems to have the recommendations pages for Nik Dfine rather than Noise ninja

Dan

gmitchel850 wrote:

I've written a comprehensive review of Noise Ninja 2. It's a 28 page .PDF download that's free to the digital photography community.

http://www.thelightsright.com/NoiseNinja2

If you're considering noise reduction software, I hope this review helps.
I also have similar reviews for Nik Dfine 2 and Noiseware 4

http://www.thelightsright.com/NikDfine2
http://www.thelightsright.com/Noiseware4

I have plans for several more reviews of noise reduction software. I hope to get Neat Image online soon. That will finish the "Big 4" apps. I will also be looking at Topaz, PictureCooler, Akvis NoiseBuster, etc.

I can't predict when I'll complete the others. I do this as time permits. These reviews are quite comprehensive, so they take a while to prepare. They compete with my tools, tutorials, and videos for my attention.

Comments are welcome.

Enjoy!

Mitch

gmitchel850 · February 28, 2009

paddler4 wrote:

Mitch,

This is great--a real favor to the rest of us. but there is a problem with this particular pdf--it seems to have the recommendations pages for Nik Dfine rather than Noise ninja

Dan

Yes, Paddler. I made a revision and screwed up the conclusion. It's been fixed now.

Sorry about the inconvenience.

Mitch

Ric Grupe · March 1, 2009

gmitchel850 wrote:

Yes, Paddler. I made a revision and screwed up the conclusion. It's been fixed now.

Sorry about the inconvenience.

Mitch

Perhaps it was a Freudian slip...:D

I prefer Nik Dfine...maybe you do too.(subconsciously anyway!)

gmitchel850 · March 1, 2009

Ric Grupe wrote:

Perhaps it was a Freudian slip...:D

I prefer Nik Dfine...maybe you do too.(subconsciously anyway!)

Among the "Big 4" in noise reduction software, I prefer Neat Image and Noiseware.

I highly recommend Neat Image, Nik Dfine2, Noise Ninja, and Noiseware. But I would give higher honor to Neat Image and Noiseware. They offer more control over the noise profiling and noise filtering stages.

For example, they both allow a lot of fine tuning of the noise profiles for different noise manifestations (fine grain to extra course). The same for noise filtering. Noiseware profiles even adapt over time as more examples are processed for a specific camera/ISO combination.

Nik Dfine has the slickest interface and best documentation by far. Extremely professional.

Nik Dfine and Noise Ninja are typically preferred by photographers who want automatic profiles and automatic filter settings. Both do an excellent job at that, and for 95% of photos they'll perform equally as well at noise reduction as Neat Image and Noiseware.

There are tricky photos, however, where Neat Image anf Noiseware can do slightly better because of their more flexible tuning options.

Cheers,

Mitch

Ric Grupe · March 2, 2009

gmitchel850 wrote:

Among the "Big 4" in noise reduction software, I prefer Neat Image and Noiseware.

I highly recommend Neat Image, Nik Dfine2, Noise Ninja, and Noiseware. But I would give higher honor to Neat Image and Noiseware. They offer more control over the noise profiling and noise filtering stages.

For example, they both allow a lot of fine tuning of the noise profiles for different noise manifestations (fine grain to extra course). The same for noise filtering. Noiseware profiles even adapt over time as more examples are processed for a specific camera/ISO combination.

Nik Dfine has the slickest interface and best documentation by far. Extremely professional.

Nik Dfine and Noise Ninja are typically preferred by photographers who want automatic profiles and automatic filter settings. Both do an excellent job at that, and for 95% of photos they'll perform equally as well at noise reduction as Neat Image and Noiseware.

There are tricky photos, however, where Neat Image anf Noiseware can do slightly better because of their more flexible tuning options.

Cheers,

Mitch

Excellent explanation, Mitch.:D

While I prefer Dfine...I also have Neat Image which works just fine but is not as easy to use IMO.

I bought NI years ago and still have the lastest version. Updated for free forever...something I applaud them for.

gmitchel850 · March 2, 2009

Ric Grupe wrote:

Excellent explanation, Mitch.:D

While I prefer Dfine...I also have Neat Image which works just fine but is not as easy to use IMO.

I bought NI years ago and still have the lastest version. Updated for free forever...something I applaud them for.

Fair enough!

I agree with you. Nik Dfine is a lot less intimidating than Neat Image.

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