Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/12/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DXO PureRAW if you use Lightroom (because it can be invoked from within LR as a first step in PP), Topaz DeNoise/Sharpen (DeNoise has a sharpening module as well, and Sharpen also has a noise reduction module) and Luminar Neo's "Noiseless" module all have very effective noise reduction algorithms. It all depends on the quality of masking you require - where Topaz wins hands down. The other two are more global in their application. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 9:32 AM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I read an article that said Neat has not been upgraded in the past year. > The article compared some alternatives, including the Topaz AI Denoiser. I > use it along with other topaz products, and find it really nice to use, and > very effective. > > I use Sharpen and Gigapixel the most, but have had excellent results with > the noise component. I don?t particularly care for their whole Photo > product because it encourages you to magic wand the process. > > You could be correct about the Russia connection as they?re strangely > silent about home spot. > > SonC > > > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 9:02 PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > I have been buried in migration to a new computer the past couple of > > weeks. I have an older version of Neat Image, which I was going to > > upgrade. Until I saw an old email from them, which used an email client > > called "The Bat!". That probably means the email was from somewhere in > > the former USSR. I have been unable to determine where the company is. I > > couldn't fine any information on the Neat Image/Neat Video Web site. > > Their whois.com profile has the address redacted "for privacy." There is > > a mention of the "Registrant Location" being in Queensland, Australia, > > but I'm not sure how reliable that is. > > > > Can anyone shed light on this? I don't wish to send my money to a > > company in Russia. > > > > --Peter > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information