When to apply noise reduction
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When to apply noise reduction
So I'm just lying here trying to get to sleep and I'm wondering when is the best time to apply any noise reduction in an image workflow?
I imagine it to be the very first thing to do in PP yet I dont actually know!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thankyou.....Carl
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Re: When to apply noise reduction
Typically I will do a crop (to remove any stacking artifacts), A background neutralization, then Multiscale linear transform 'MLT" (small scale noise reduction). MLT works best while the data is still in a linear, un-stretched state.
But I am using Pix Insight. It might differ for other programs.
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I can see benefits to do it at the start and also see benefits leaving it until the end.
I'm guessing a lot is down to personal preference/equipment.
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M94-1 by Tom Whit, on Flickr
See, just too 'soft' over did the noise reduction in the early stages.
Also Often I will use a range mask to protect objects while going after the background noise.
I may still do some additional steps after the image is stretched such as 'SCNR' which can eliminate small scale noise of a single channel (usually green).
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I use photoshop for post and a few days I noticed an article saying about using masks in NR.
Carried on browsing for what I was searching for though....
I'll have to try look it up as in your post a mask was mentioned and I love trying to learn!
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Thanks, but I know there is a lot of fine detail in that image that got wiped out during noise reduction. I've been able to collect more data on this target over the last few nights and plan to re-visit this target again, probably this afternoon. This time I will go a little easier on the MLT.maceemiller wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:28 pm Looks a great picture to me!
I use photoshop for post and a few days I noticed an article saying about using masks in NR.
Carried on browsing for what I was searching for though....
I'll have to try look it up as in your post a mask was mentioned and I love trying to learn!
Masks can be very useful, but again careful applications are needed as often times you can get really funky results with masks. Fortunatly
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I used to use PhotoShop for post, it seemed to like NR at the end. I also used the Noise Ninja plugin, which was very effective for NR.
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Re: When to apply noise reduction
I typically do a noise reduction with ATrous Wavelet Transform (Multiscale Linear Transform would work as well) on the masters as the very first thing I do. And I usually use ACDNR to reduce remaining noise late in the processing, after colours have been combined. If the image is noisy, I might do some more noise reduction along the way.
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Definitely given me a better insight and hopefully others too.
The one thing I do know about image processing is it's not easy! This is why I say to my friends "astrophotography is like fishing.....you can have all the gear and catch nothing yet on a different day you catch a beauty with a string and hook"
Some understand, most do not!!
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