Since each of us has have our own particular workflow and techniques in post production a lot of us have come to depend on third party plug-ins for Photoshop to make life easier. What plug-in have you come to depend on time and time again?

Mine is Kodak's Digital GEM Airbrush Pro, this baby has saved me a lot of man-hours when retouching people.

Nik Sharpener Pro 2.0

Fred Miranda's Velvia Vision
Nik Color Efex Pro 2.0
Alienskin Exposure

Nik Sharpener Pro 2.0

I agree with Zandy, this is the only plug in that I always use.

Mike

Noise Ninja and Nik Sharpener.

I use "virtual photographer " BY OPTIC VERVE:)

Panotools & PTLens

noise ninja 2.0

Noise Ninja and Alien Exposure. I will try the Nik Sharpner :)

FM Velvia Vision and FM Intellisharpen Pro

noise ninja 2.0

I'd second this... Not that PS cannot render the same deal but when you're processing alot of pics for NR. This plug-in indeed will come handy. :)

Noise Ninja 2.1.3
Exposure 1.0.1
GF PrintPro 4.1

genuine fractals

Noise Ninja!

Noise Ninja 2.1.3
Exposure 1.0.1
GF PrintPro 4.1

Randy,

When do you use Exposure 1?

NeatImage for me.:)

Noise Ninja for me.

i know squat about plug ins:( id like to try nik sharpener

Noise Ninja standalone for me.

noise ninja is indispensable for me.

this a very informative thread keep them coming ; )

Hi Mitz, It is a quick way to do B&W emulating film stock. So when I want some images in B&W i usually use it first (and maybe tweak later)...

Randy,
When do you use Exposure 1?

Maybe another one would be F. Miranda's Resize Pro. :)

Mine's the one "plugged-in" between my ears - ever dependable in the event everything else fails. :D

Mine's the one "plugged-in" between my ears - ever dependable in the event everything else fails. :D

Very witty as usual Arnell! :)

Wow! a lot of people using Noise Ninja. I guess digital images are too noisy :) Why do you prefer Noise Ninja over the other softwares like Neat Image?

Randy, thanks for the response. I'll try it sometime. Right now i just use the channel mixer to convert my color images to B&W. BTW, are you still a member of NAPP? Too bad there's no more contest at APC after you won :(

Wow! a lot of people using Noise Ninja. I guess digital images are too noisy :) Why do you prefer Noise Ninja over the other softwares like Neat Image?


because (at least version 2.0 ha) it has a built in USM filter. compensates for the sharpness lost during the noise filter run. can also use it as a gaussian blur filter for that baby soft skin on faces that just makes you wanna smooch those models' cheeks.

unsolicited advice: after resizing portraits to web size (400x600 pixels portrait orientation), run the noise ninja on auto profile. reduce by 50-75% to reclaim some texture. then run a sharpening USM 100% strenght and .7 radius 0 threshold. perfect for web bound images.

useful really!

Wow! a lot of people using Noise Ninja. I guess digital images are too noisy :) Why do you prefer Noise Ninja over the other softwares like Neat Image?

In my case, I just use Noise Ninja on the troublesome noise of my Sony F828. But for D2X files I do NR manually in PS. :) And just so happens that the files of my Sony camera respond quicker and more accurately to Noise Ninja NR profiles, based on personal tests and for my own taste of course... Other than that, I think other NR softwares should also work great. One just needs to find the perfect tweak... so to say...

NN has a lot of profiles for Canon P&S hehe.

I have been thinking of getting some plugins but have yet to find a top 10 list. I would like to hear from you guys.

http://www.digitalphotographer.com.ph/forum/showthread.php?t=1967&highlight=plug

These are the only plug-in i use.

1. BuzzPro
2. PTLens
3. FDRKompressor
4. Aurora
5. KnockOut

Merged the threads.

noise ninja 2

1) Genuine Fractals for blowing up images
2) Noise Ninja for reducing noise
3) Photokit Sharpener
4) iCorrectEditLab for correcting color balance

AlienSkin's Image Doctor (love that smart fill)

Hmm, other than noise ninja, I don't use plug-ins these days... Will probably get Fred Miranda action sets soon, though.

i've noticed a lot of DPPers abide by noise ninja. ive been a longtime noise ninja user...but eversince ive tried imagenomic's noiseware professional, i've not used any other noise reduction plug-in....it just works way better for me than NN...

Jay: In what way? Please elaborate... Still quite confused with Noise Ninja's settings actually...

Jay: In what way? Please elaborate... Still quite confused with Noise Ninja's settings actually...
david,

i once shot a sunset scene at iso 800! i forgot to change iso. since i was trying to silhouette a church, i ended up with a largely underexposed shot. and since i was on iso 800, it was somewhat noisy (especially in the shadow areas). i tried noise ninja 2 with the profile for my cam at iso 800. it wasn't satisfying.

months later, i ran the same photo through noiseware. ayun! the photo was just salvaged! i just used the filter's own image analysis for the settings :)

thats interesting jay... might try that out as well.

btw got a sample of the photo?

hi all,

where do you get the software for noise ninja or noiseware?

thanks...

Neat Image user here. I also use Extensis intellihance Pro v.4. It is very handy if you have limited time for pp esp family snapshots and the not so important photos.

Nik Color Efex or Auto FX Mystical TTC...use this quite often for P&S images that lacks "punch"

Noise Ninja...but I don't expect to use this as often as before as I'm quite satisfied with the noise my D200 produces. With my then D2H, oh boy this plug-in is almost a necessity! ;)

These are the only plug-in i use.

1. BuzzPro
2. PTLens
3. FDRKompressor
4. Aurora
5. KnockOut

Pardon for my ignorance but I only know Knockout among the list. Where do you use the other 4. Thanks:)

Pardon for my ignorance but I only know Knockout among the list. Where do you use the other 4. Thanks:)

if in case mitz doesnt reply about this, you can always google these up :)

Pardon for my ignorance but I only know Knockout among the list. Where do you use the other 4. Thanks:)

Hi Rodel,
1. buzzPro for digital painting
2. PTLens for lens distortion (barrel, pincushion, CA)
3. FDRKompressor for Tonemapping
4. Aurora for 2D nature rendering

Pardon for my ignorance but I only know Knockout among the list. Where do you use the other 4. Thanks:)

I think Knockout is Corel Knockout. The said plug in is used to remove subject away from the background

Nik Color Efex Pro and Noise Ninja :D

-Noise ninja (anti-noise)
-Focalblade (advance shapenning)

Im starting using Extensis Intellihance ATM...

Nik Color Efex Pro and Noise Ninja :D
these plug-ins are quite popular in the threads. any idea where these can be bought? Thanks in advance.

i'm still in the process of Shifting from Corel Paintshop Photo Xi To Photoshop CS3...no idea of what plug-in's are good...Thanks din...i might try some of it...esp noise ninja..

im one of those who's into noise ninja also... :)

OT:
when using a noise reduction software, when do you do it? is it before you crop an image or after the image has been cropped?

thanks.
:)

im one of those who's into noise ninja also... :)

OT:
when using a noise reduction software, when do you do it? is it before you crop an image or after the image has been cropped?

thanks.
:)

Hi Ellis! Welcome to DPP! :)

For me, it's noise reduction first before anything else.

im one of those who's into noise ninja also... :)

OT:
when using a noise reduction software, when do you do it? is it before you crop an image or after the image has been cropped?

thanks.
:)

there are noise filters that profile the entire image before making the clean-up. if you are cropping a significant portion of the image, i think it would make sense to just crop first before running the noise filter. makes the noise profiling faster (and more relevant - since you are profiling only from the portion of the photo that you are using).

the important thing to keep in mind is (as the late bruce fraser would emphasize) to noise filter your shot before sharpening.

neat image!

What's your favorite Photoshop plugin?

What's your favorite Photoshop plugin?

For me, it has to be the lomo effect.

Nice one G. I have that plug-in too but I never tried it (yup, didn't know what it was for, :D ). I just searched to see what it was about and came across this tutorial:

LINK (http://www.flickr.com/groups/technique/discuss/12082/)

I'll try that tonight. Thanks G!

Alienskin Exposure... Its for those people who love the look and feel of film, but too lazy to go thru the steps. :)

Nice one G. I have that plug-in too but I never tried it (yup, didn't know what it was for, :D ). I just searched to see what it was about and came across this tutorial:

LINK (http://www.flickr.com/groups/technique/discuss/12082/)

I'll try that tonight. Thanks G!

No problem Rob. It's just sometimes, it doesn't work on all images. It works really great on blues and greens tones, IMHO.

Glade -- It freshens your pictures for months. :D

Virtual Photographer

nik color efex pro 2.0 and noise ninja.. btw.. there's another thread similar to this..
http://www.digitalphotographer.com.ph/forum/showthread.php?t=2704 (http://www.digitalphotographer.com.ph/forum/showthread.php?t=2704&highlight=plugins)

threads merged. guys, use the search button first before starting any threads.

thanks sir nino! hehe

Josme! Kadamu naman na options!

how can i upload nik's sharpening in my mac books? and filter unlimited v2.03? please help me

please give me some ideas on how can i upload this filters in my cs3.


how can i upload nik's sharpening in my mac books? and filter unlimited v2.03? please help me

satisfied Noiseware (http://www.imagenomic.com/nwpg.aspx) user here :)

satisfied Noiseware (http://www.imagenomic.com/nwpg.aspx) user here :)

+1 to this

Tried Noise Ninja using PS CS4. Unfortunately my pictures had sqaure grids all over.

I don't know why. Is noise ninja a free software?

Imagenomic Noiseware
Nik Silver Efex Pro (for B&W conversion)

@mykeL lugtu (http://www.digitalphotographer.com.ph/forum/member.php?u=68027) - No soliciting of software piracy! Post deleted.

@mykeL lugtu (http://www.digitalphotographer.com.ph/forum/member.php?u=68027) - No soliciting of software piracy! Post deleted.

owh... sorry :D

NiK Color efex pro.
Focal Blade
Imagenomic Portraiture

i use topazlabs plugin like
topaz adjust
topaz denoise
topaz remask
and topaz detail

@William

Those are very nice plug-ins sir. I have the Topaz detail.. it works really good..

can you post some pic of before and after.. to see the effects of the plugins u used sir to see the detail ?

Noise ninja
Nik Silver efex pro
Nik Color efex pro
Tiffen

I use Topaz Adjust.

Topaz Denoise
Noise Ninja
Nik Color Efex Pro
Nik Silver Efex Pro
Vertus Fluid Mask
OnOne Mask Pro

:D

Topaz labs products specially remask & denoise

Topaz Denoise
Topaz Detail
Alien Skin

Imagenomic Portraiture.

Can't live without it. LOL :D

wow thanks for this thread!

Nik Color Efex Pro
Nik Silver Efex Pro
Topaz Denoise

Niksoftware Plug-ins Namely:
Dfine 2.0
Viveza
Color Efex Pro 3.0
Silver Efex Pro
Sharpener Pro 3.0

nik color efex pro 3.0
nik sharpener
nik viveza 2
topaz adjust
noise ninja

I have both Topaz and Nik Plugins...IMHO I think Nik gives more control and is more professional looking

added to my collection..

topaz lens effect... so lovely....

nik viveza 2
imagenomic portraiture


it helps me alot..^^

I can't live without:

-noise ninja
-topaz adjust
-totally rad actions the revenge

- Portraiture 2 and Noiseware Professional (http://www.sumalnap.com/downloads.html) by Imagenomic
- Bokeh 2 (http://www.sumalnap.com/downloads.html) by Alienskin

these are the greatest!

Nik software

Imagenomic's noiseware professional
Nik Silver efex
NiK Color efex

you guys still use a separate plugin for noise management? CS5 brought with it a great upgrade on noise reduction, not dictating on what you guys are currently using/should use just wanted to FYI you, it might save you a plugin or two.

oh, i saw like 1 month ago i think theres this new crazy function in photoshop (not yet released) it actually sharpened blurred images....i was like WTF!! howd it do that!!!

magic bullet