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October 28th, 2004

Digital photography image enhancement software & plugins

Posted by Ben in Imaging, Photojournalism, Software

In the more specialised field of image enhancement, there are a few main effects the photographer might want to achieve - namely sharpening, noise reduction, and interpolation (upsizing). Here are some of the best options…

Image Enhancement - General

Nik Color Efex Pro
PhotoKit

Image Enhancement - Sharpening

Nik Sharpener Pro
Deadman’s Sharpeners
PhotoKit Sharpener
Fred Miranda’s IntelliSharpen

Image Enhancement - Noise Reduction

Noise Ninja
Nik dFine
Quantum Mechanic & Band Aide

Image Enhancement - Interpolation

Qimage
Genuine Fractals
PhotoZoom
Fred Miranda’s Stair Interpolation
InterpolateTHIS
pxl Smartscale

Any suggestions for useful software I have left out are welcome…

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  1. Per said:

    It would be useful to have some references to comparisons also, e.g. which gives better result for upsizing, Genuine Fractals, Photoshop CS2 or pxl SmartScale? (Some say that PS2 is now better than the independent upscaling SW…)

    January 26th, 2006 at 11:58 PST

  2. Ben said:

    PS2 does indeed seem a lot better at upsizing than previous versions - using the new “bicubic (smooth)” and “bicubic (sharp)” options. There are a number of third-party choices available for upsizing - also known as interpolation, and for comparisons of the different options, the best resources I know are the forums over at http://www.interpolatethis.com

    January 28th, 2006 at 02:36 PST

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