noiseware lost of contrast and tone

[digitaddict]

Hello
I im trying the freeware of nosewaire.
It do a great job at eliminating noise without lost of details.
But The filtered picture from noisewaire show lost of contrast and colors.
Is this normal. Also it only work in jpeg. I would like a noise filter program in raw.

[reeftool]

I use the free Noiseware and have been generally happy with it. I use it mainly on high ISO shots with a lot of noise. I guess growing up with film and grew used to seeing grain, some moderate noise on low light shots I find acceptable. I usually use Noiseware after I have already done some PP. You could try to boost the contrast a little after filtering or maybe overdue it a touch before. I usually do most of my PP on JPEG's after converting them.

[emalvick]

Originally Posted by digitaddict

Hello
I im trying the freeware of nosewaire.
It do a great job at eliminating noise without lost of details.
But The filtered picture from noisewaire show lost of contrast and colors.
Is this normal. Also it only work in jpeg. I would like a noise filter program in raw.

To use RAW, you need the paid for versions of Noiseware.

I've been using one of those versions, and I find it generally works well. I typically use Noiseware on Tiffs in Photoshop.

Most noise removal software is going to reduce some detail in an image as that is what noise reduction does. Some software will do better than others at removing noise and keeping detail. Generally, I find Noiseware works well. However, I don't count on it...

My workflow is to duplicate the image to a second layer (I do most PP in Lightroom, so I have pretty much the final TIff if Photoshop as the background). I run Noiseware on that layer. I then inspect the noise reduced image at 100% zoom over important areas of detail, and I observe (by turning the layer on and off) the with or without noise reduction images. If the detail loss is significant, I will use a layer mask to let the portions that have details I want to keep show through.

There are many intermediate ways of playing with it, but most of the time, noise reduction is needed on my skies, so I am often just masking off the sky.