Neat Image Pro

Reduce digital photo noise and grain

 One of the problems digital photographers face at some stage is digital photo noise. Photo noise is like a fine grain over the photograph which reduces the visual quality of the photo. This is usually caused by shooting with hi ISO settings long exposures and taking photos with reduced light. Noise can also be produced by film and flat bed scanners.

Although there are many programs on the web today that reduces digital noise and some do a good job as well. I came across a program called Neat Image a few years ago and I was so impressed by this piece of software and its support I am still using it today and here is why.

Neat Image uses the most advanced noise reduction algorithms in the industry. Neat image produces and uses device noise profiles to adapt noise reduction to imaging devices. which means the program can be  custom tailored to your particular camera or scanner. Most of these profiles have already been produced by the neat image user community and can be downloaded and used for FREE from the Neat Image Site.

You can download a FREE restricted version of neat image and try it out yourself. You can also buy different versions of neat image from the home addition to the Pro + edition which ever suits your needs. But once you buy the version of your choice you get FREE upgrades for life. That is also why I recommend this product its not buy and forget. The team at Neat image keeps its software and profiles updated regularly to keep up with the changing trends in the digital capture world.

To find out more about neat image and its other options and to try the FREE version just click HERE to go to the Neat Image website. Until next time happy snapping.

Jeff Dykes

Freelance photographer