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Is there a point at which noise reduction isn't helping?
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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 708546" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>When it comes to noise reduction it's definitely a balancing act between <em>effective</em> NR and <em>too much</em> NR, which can lead to image softness. When reviewing a raw image with an eye for noise reduction I'll zoom in to 200% or so to help me identify the type and degree of noise I'm dealing with. At this point I start juggling three "oranges": Luminance noise, Color noise and overall image sharpness. Fortunately Camera Raw combines the noise reduction and sharpening functions on the same panel so it's just a matter of tweaking things 'til I'm happy. If it's personal work this will happen very quickly, if it's paid work, well... That's a little different.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">.....</span></p><p></p><p>How much time I'll spend analyzing a particular image is directly related to: 1) How good I think the initial image is, or at least how much I like it, and 2) How much time I think will be required to get the shot I'm seeing on my monitor to match the shot I'm seeing in my head. I too try to apply as little NR and sharpening as I think is required and I've never had a shot go from "Meh," to Wow!" due to my NR and sharpening efforts so again, for personal shots I'm willing to put a certain degree of effort these things - but only so much. Paid work, though, demands my very best effort and that simply takes as long as it takes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 708546, member: 13090"] When it comes to noise reduction it's definitely a balancing act between [I]effective[/I] NR and [I]too much[/I] NR, which can lead to image softness. When reviewing a raw image with an eye for noise reduction I'll zoom in to 200% or so to help me identify the type and degree of noise I'm dealing with. At this point I start juggling three "oranges": Luminance noise, Color noise and overall image sharpness. Fortunately Camera Raw combines the noise reduction and sharpening functions on the same panel so it's just a matter of tweaking things 'til I'm happy. If it's personal work this will happen very quickly, if it's paid work, well... That's a little different. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] How much time I'll spend analyzing a particular image is directly related to: 1) How good I think the initial image is, or at least how much I like it, and 2) How much time I think will be required to get the shot I'm seeing on my monitor to match the shot I'm seeing in my head. I too try to apply as little NR and sharpening as I think is required and I've never had a shot go from "Meh," to Wow!" due to my NR and sharpening efforts so again, for personal shots I'm willing to put a certain degree of effort these things - but only so much. Paid work, though, demands my very best effort and that simply takes as long as it takes. [/QUOTE]
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