Every now and then through word of mouth usually, you are introduced to software that is truly extraordinary. Noise Ninja is just such a program.

I could happily end this review now having given you the link. The Picturecode Web site explains everything necessary and far better than I can in this brief essay.

So what is this Noise Ninja... to quote from their site.

Noise Ninja is the most effective and productive solution for removing noise and grain from digital photographs and scanned film images. It is a must-have tool for anyone shooting in low-light or fast-action situations — including news, sports, wedding, and event coverage — where high ISO photography is required and the resulting noise compromises the image.

Noise Ninja often yields a two-stop improvement in effective image quality, while preserving important image detail. In addition, it can produce cleaner, smoother enlargements from low-ISO images.

Picturecode is a two man team; founder Dr. Jim Christian holds an undergraduate degree in computer science from Harvard, and both a Ph.D. in computer science and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Manager of Operations Fernando Zapata earned an undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. These guys are smart cookies with a passionate interest in computing and photography. And that shows in the quality of this extraordinary product.

A download is available on the Web site so you can trial this product. There are just a few things I can add to their information.

1. The plug-in actually works with products other than Photoshop. Great for Corel PHOTO-PAINT and other applications that support plug-in code.
2. My mates in professional photography are raving about it. Going totally silly they are processing pictures they had previously printed for their portfolios and reprinting them.