Although it has undergone rapid development, but the smartphone camera still has trouble in taking clear pictures in dark conditions. This is because the embedded image sensor is relatively small compared to the DSLR camera sensor which has much larger size, gather more light when taking pictures.
When taking picture using smartphone camera in dim
locations, usually there will be spots that fill the photos. Known as noise,
these spots make the pictures less sharp.
The common trick done by the smartphone owners is by doing
noise reduction. There are many photo editing applications that offer this kind
of feature. But remember, the more aggressive you remove the noise, then the
less sharpness of the image.
A new application for Mac is trying to attract attention.
Named Noiseless, this application is designed to clean up your photos from
noise with a user friendly interface. The usage of Noiseless is not limited to
the images captured by the smartphone camera. Whatever digital camera you use,
the application is ready to reduce noise in the captured photos.
In order to accommodate the beginners, Noiseless offers a
number of presets to reduce noise, ranging from mild to extreme. Simply put,
this process is not more difficult than choosing the filter on Instagram. The
sophisticated algorithm that's packed in Noiseless is believed can keep as much
details as possible. The professional users can perform further adjustments in
order to retain more detail.
Now the Noiseless application can be tried for free by the
owners of Mac with OS X 10.8 version or above. This preview version allows us
to try out various tools offered, but the options of Export, Save and Sharing
are still inaccessible.
On 16 April, the Noiseless standard version will be released
on the Mac App Store for $ 18. Its Pro version which brings support for RAW
format will be sold via the official website for $ 50. The developer also
accepts pre-orders for the Pro version, with a discount of $ 10.
For the professional photographers who have been familiar
with the editing software such as Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements,
Lightroom or Aperture, don’t need to worry because the Noiseless Pro version
will also be equipped with special plug-in for all the four software.