bomberbaz Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Hello all. I am looking for a stand alone noise reduction software programme. Needs to run on windows and as I don't have any premium software to bolt it onto, stand alone would be best. This said, I am open to suggestions as long as it doesn't become cost prohibitive. I am thinking maybe up to £125.00 with a little leeway depending on what's on offer. One with a trial period would also be highly desirable. TIA for any suggestions. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy-kat Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 3rd party photoshop plugins some can work in GIMP, could see if that noise exterminatorx plugin also gets used in GIMP as an idea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wick Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Had good results with Topaz DeNoise AI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterCPC Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Topaz is good but I also use Noiseware. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackabarrel Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Topaz Denoise is good, however I tend to only run it on starless images then recombine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterCPC Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 But my favourite is Astroflat pro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wick Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 There are a number of add ons for photoshop that I have indirect experience of, they seem to work well. I think RC Astro? Have some, the Gradient xterminator plugin is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carastro Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Sorry irrelevant Edited October 19, 2022 by carastro Delete pist as realise irrelevant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybadger Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Have you considered affinity, it will take most Photoshop plugins and is seriously cheap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carastro Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 What software are you using for processing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberbaz Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 6 hours ago, carastro said: What software are you using for processing? currently mostly using Siril and Gimp Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carastro Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Ok. Thanks. Carole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberbaz Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, carastro said: Ok. Thanks. Carole Oops, sorry miss spelled name 🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollypenrice Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Compatibility is explained here for Russ Croman's Noise Xterminator. https://www.rc-astro.com/resources/NoiseXTerminator/index.php I'm always very wary in using noise reduction but this product is astonishingly good and, most importantly, almost invisible. Olly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, ollypenrice said: Compatibility is explained here for Russ Croman's Noise Xterminator. https://www.rc-astro.com/resources/NoiseXTerminator/index.php I'm always very wary in using noise reduction but this product is astonishingly good and, most importantly, almost invisible. Olly Invisible? Does it work like a placebo? You apply it and it makes you think it looks less noisy. 😉 Sorry. I’m being cheeky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlaiv Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 What is wrong with G'mic plugins for Gimp? There is vast array of noise reducing options - I find wavelet noise reduction to work the best for astronomical images. Do use layer mask composed out of image brightness - so that you denoise only in darkest areas of the image (where SNR is low because of low signal). (do notice how many different smoothing options there are in the list). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberbaz Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 41 minutes ago, vlaiv said: What is wrong with G'mic plugins for Gimp? There is vast array of noise reducing options - I find wavelet noise reduction to work the best for astronomical images. Do use layer mask composed out of image brightness - so that you denoise only in darkest areas of the image (where SNR is low because of low signal). (do notice how many different smoothing options there are in the list). thanks vlaiv, I wasn't aware of this plugin. I shall give it a go and see what the results are like. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elp Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 43 minutes ago, vlaiv said: G'mic This is one of the better ones I've used, and it doesn't cost a dime. Iain's Denoise works quite well within also but you have to be very subtle with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberbaz Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 45 minutes ago, vlaiv said: What is wrong with G'mic plugins for Gimp? There is vast array of noise reducing options - I find wavelet noise reduction to work the best for astronomical images. Do use layer mask composed out of image brightness - so that you denoise only in darkest areas of the image (where SNR is low because of low signal). (do notice how many different smoothing options there are in the list). 1 minute ago, Elp said: This is one of the better ones I've used, and it doesn't cost a dime. Iain's Denoise works quite well within also but you have to be very subtle with it. the installation guide is here G'MIC - GREYC's Magic for Image Computing: A Full-Featured Open-Source Framework for Image Processing - Installing the G'MIC-Qt Plug-in For 8bf Hosts (gmic.eu) Any idea which guide I should follow, there is a general one and one for photoshop plus two others! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlaiv Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 1 minute ago, bomberbaz said: Any idea which guide I should follow, there is a general one and one for photoshop plus two others! I have no idea. I used this build of Gimp (at the time it there was no official 2.10 build that could handle 32bit per channel data): https://www.partha.com/ and it came with G'mic plugins preinstalled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elp Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) Seems okay to follow. If you're using GIMP you extract the zip file and copy the whole "gmic_gimp_qt" folder to the plugins folder where GIMP is installed. For me in windows this was in: C > users > "username" > appdata > roaming > gimp > "version" > plug-ins Edited October 26, 2022 by Elp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberbaz Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 Thanks @vlaiv for the G'MIC heads up, it is a super programme and there is so much more than wavelets as I am sure you already know. One of them is a super star reduction tool and I am guessing there will be many more to find out about, thanks again, it's a great help. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petevasey Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 I've been using 'Neat Image' for quite a while now. Easy to use, not expensive and there is a Demo version. Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bomberbaz Posted October 30, 2022 Author Share Posted October 30, 2022 13 hours ago, petevasey said: I've been using 'Neat Image' for quite a while now. Easy to use, not expensive and there is a Demo version. Cheers, Peter Is it a simple programme to use Peter? I should have also said I am not brilliant on tech, although probably above average. cheers steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petevasey Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Hi, Steve, I have quite an old version (5.8 from 2013!), and yes it is straightforward. I see that there are two versions - the cheaper one only works on bitmaps. Make sure your computer and Photoshop version meets the requirements. My version works on fits, pngs, etc. etc. I think my Photoshop (CS3) is too old for the latest version of Neat Image. Why don't you give the trial version a go and see if you like it. Free for a month, so nothing to lose 🙂 Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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