Digital Home Thoughts: Noise Ninja Photoshop Plugin (Beta 4b)

Tuning In
Beneath the detailed view is a panel with three tabs. The first tab contains the profile settings. This is where you create an automatic or manual profile. There is a graphical layout called the profile chart which shows the relationship between noise and color and tone. The graph can be a visual indication of whether or not the current profile is effective.


Figure 4. The profile tab contains a graphic representation of the current profile.

The filter tab contains many different controls for fine tuning the image. I found the default settings to be sufficient, but, for those who like to experiment there are many options. The sliders are divided into three groups. The Luminance group allows you to adjust the strength of the overall effect, smoothness and contrast. The Colors group is useful for removing colored noise which can look a bit like confetti in your photograph. The last group of sliders if for adjusting the edge sharpness using an unsharp mask filter.


Figure 5. The filter tab contains controls for fine tuning the effect.

The properties tab will be used for setting annotation data for the profile such as camera make, model and ISO setting. The properties tab was not implemented in the beta version used for this review.