Colormancer Updates Blog http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Boundary Noise Reduction v2.3 http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?p=42 http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?p=42#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:40:17 +0000 admin http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?p=42 http://www.colormancer.com/free/download-filters/noise-reduction.htm

v2.3.0

* Added “Cleaner smooth areas” option (this is now the default if you click Reset All). On extremely noisy images, this will result in less noise in areas such as sky. This setting slows performance.
* BNR is now bundled with Smooth Area Detector.  Manual at http://www.colormancer.com/support/smooth-area-detector/sad-online-manual.html
* Improved stability.
* The manual is no longer bundled with the Zip file. Please download it from the website if you wish to have an offline version.

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Changes:

v2.2.0:

–BNR now obeys selections.

–Instructions added to user interface.

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Changes:

- 10 to 20% faster

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v2.0.0

  • Improved noise reduction algorithm for more detail on textured areas.
  • The sharpening algorithm now looks more like unsharp masking and does not have as many of the weird textures as in BNR1 when sharpening is pushed to extremes.
  • Faster.
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1.4.1: Fixed a subtle image quality bug. Detail should be slightly sharper with this update.

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v1.4.0 changes:

Added access to sharpening controls.

Improved algorithm for less aliasing on edges and slightly less ’splotchiness’ from chroma noise.

Profiling will no longer overwrite over sharpening and mix in original detail settings.

Enjoy!

]]> http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?feed=rss2&p=26 0 New articles in the white papers section http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?p=21 http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?p=21#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:33:07 +0000 admin http://www.colormancer.ca/updates-blog/?p=21 Posts from the color correction blog (colorcorrection.info) have been moved onto the Colormancer website.

White balance
–How white balance and highlight recovery works
–Is there such thing as perfect white balance?
Image processing / color science
–Is LAB color space useful for color correction?
–Chromaticity versus chrominance
–The Hermann Grid illusion and Nobody knows anything
–A curious case where RAW isn’t higher quality
–Saturation algorithms in RAW processors
–Understanding surround effects
Color correction technique
–Black and White color correction techniques

]]> http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?feed=rss2&p=21 0 Tint, White Balance plug-ins now have GIMP support http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?p=18 http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?p=18#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:14:14 +0000 admin http://www.colormancer.ca/updates-blog/?p=18 White Balance + Highlight Recovery changes:
v1.0.7 – Full GIMP support (PC only; via PSPI).
v1.0.6 (Mac only) – Mac Photoline support, save + load settings default directory now sticks
v1.0.5 – Multi-threaded for faster performance, clicking on preview shows original image, x64 support for PC

Latest version of the tint plugin is 1.0.4.

Download plugins here: http://www.colormancer.ca/free/download-filters/download.htm

]]> http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?feed=rss2&p=18 0 Freeware noise reduction tool http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?p=14 http://www.colormancer.com/updates-blog/?p=14#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:34:47 +0000 admin http://www.colormancer.ca/updates-blog/?p=14 The freeware version of Boundary Noise Reduction lets you remove noise from dSLR images and film scans. We think it has the highest image quality of noise reduction plugins available. Get it here:
http://www.colormancer.ca/free/download-filters/noise-reduction.htm

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