

Worst case scenario, dark, indoors, iso 6400, almost no real highlights. This shows you what you can "get away with" using iso 3200 on the xsi outdoors for those times when you want a high shutter speed. This is sort of a "best-case" image, bright, lots of highlights, etc. Iso 3200 after being processed automatically via the action. It uses device noise profiles to make noise reduction custom-tailored to. (Do whatever you want with the profiles as well-the normal profile by itself is very high quality and works great used by itself with normal iso 1600 shots). Neat Image is a digital filter designed to reduce visible noise in digital pho. If someone would like to take the files and host them somewhere else you are of course free to do so. Enjoy a delicious kumquat as a reward for your efforts! Turn the picture style to standard and leave everything else at its default settings.Ħ. Turn sharpening to 0 and both noise reduction sliders to 0.ĥ. Bring up the exposure by 1 stop for 3200 or 2 stops for 6400.Ĥ. Open the raw file in Digital Photo Professional. Load the action in Photoshop and run it as needed.Ģ. Put them in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Neat Image\PRESETS directory.ģ. Put them in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Neat Image\PROFILES directory.Ģ. Digital photo professional (free, came with your canon camera, to develop the raw files).ġ. Access a variety of presets and profiles and quickly change the level of noise according to your specifications. Neat Image (again, you can get a free trial). Requirements: photoshop (i used cs4, i don't know if other versions will work or not). News Reviews Articles Buying Guides Sample Images Videos Cameras Lenses Phones Printers Forums Galleries Challenges. Iso 3200 looks great, iso 6400 is pretty bad but looks fine for 4圆 prints. I've came up with two carefully crafted Neat Image profiles and a photoshop action to use with iso 1600 shots that are under exposed by 1 or 2 stops then brought up by 1 or 2 stops in post to be the equiv of iso 3200 or 6400.īasically my action gets rid of the obnoxious white specks, noise reduces the image without hurting detail very much, especially in the highlights, then applies much stronger noise reduction to the horrible noise in the shadow areas, then blends the image back into one layer. methods because Neat Image takes into account specific characteristics of particular image acquisition devices, making the filtration more accurate. Hey guys.For those of you who have a 450d/xsi and have always wanted to be able to use iso 3200 or iso 6400 I thought I'd share the work I've done on this.
