Review: Noise Ninja
One of the minor drawbacks of the G9 is its susceptibility to noise. Noise, in the photography world, are those specs and dots that make your photos appear grainy. In some cases, this is done intentionally to achieve a desired affect. However, during instances when you would like a smoother look - enter, Noise Ninja. This application is simple to install and learn while greatly reducing the amount of noise (even for photos shot at ISO 80). Noise Ninja contains a 30 second tutorial and for those of us with more time, an in depth, 5 minute tutorial. Within minutes of installing Noise Ninja, I was reducing and practically eliminating noise from my digital photos. Noise Ninja can work with either .jpg or .tif files. If you shoot RAW, first process the image into either a .jpg file or a .tif file in order for Noise Ninja to be able to open the file. For as little as $35, you can rescue noisy photos from being simply archived ‘mistakes’ . I am truly impressed with this application and highly recommend it for those of us with the G9 due to its susceptibility for noise.
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