Preston Earle wrote:
> I downloaded the free trial version of Neat Image some time ago (file is
> dated November, 2001). I have tried numerous times to use it and have
> yet to get an image what was *any* better than the original.
I find Neat Image Pro+ stunningly effective on most files, especially
eliminating CCD noise from digicam pics - see www.halftone.co.uk/10d/ for
an absurdly extreme example.
I don't have that problem with scans but it also handles grain and grain
aliasing well. Although I initially bought it to try and deal with a
particular image afflicted by both grain and grain aliasing. This it didn't
like. Filtering worked, but only up to a point and at the cost of sharpp,
squiggly artefacts across the image.
> Does anyone
> have any suggestions as to how to manipulate the settings to get good
> results, even as part of a testing process?
Read the manual and be prepared to experiment. In my experience the crucial
aspect is building a good filter by careful sampling, not being sloppy and
asking NI to interpolate.
> Has the commercial version
> changed so much that the version I have is out-dated?
Dunno.Why not d/l the latest and try again?
>I'm trying it on
> medium-quality JPG files from a ScanDual II scanner (3800x2500pixels).
> Do I need to save scans as TIF's to use Neat?
Well, yes. Jpegging is going to compound grain etc with its own
artifacts.
Regards
Tony Sleep -
Online portfolio & exhibit + film scanner info & comparisons
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