XnView Software

I use ХnView for a long and loke it very much. But sometimes I would like to work in LAB colorspace, mainly to aplly color noise reduction. I would be happy to see this option in future release.

ik

Hello ! Welcome aboard !

• Maybe the function set in:
Filter Menu >> Effects >> Noise >> Reduce noise could help ?
- Or are you talking of another thingy ?

Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

Clo wrote:- Or are you talking of another thingy ?

If I'm not mistaken, ik is referring to a (chroma/color) noise reduction method which requires not only color space conversion from RGB to L*a*b* and back again, but also the ability to edit the individual channels separately (Meesoft ImageAnalyzer: Operations » Pixel format conversion » Split color planes.../Combine images...).

• Dan Margulis
  • Color, Contrast and L*a*b* (Part I)
  • Photoshop Lab Color – The Canyon Conundrum
    • Table of Contents
    • Chapter 2: LAB by the Numbers
    • Chapter 9: The LAB Advantage in Selections and Masking
    • Use Photoshop LAB to Spice Up Your Image's Colors
  • Digital Grin Photography Forum
    • Margulis LAB Color Book – Reading group
    • Photoshop LAB Color: Chapter 5
• KammaGamma: Lab Noise
• Graphics.com: Photoshop for Digital Photographers » Part 3 – Color and Noise
• Web Design Library: Photoshop Tutorials » Photo Editing
  • Replacing a Defective Channel
  • Reducing Noise
  • Remove Noise
• Adorama Imaging Resource Center: 100 photography tips in 100 days » Day 94 – Reduce noise with LAB
• 2 Minute Photoshop Tricks Guide: Noise Reduction – Step by Step
• Digiretus: Removing color noise
• ATPM: Removing Moiré
• The Unsharp Mask: Moiré Removal in Photoshop
• John Aydelotte: Chroma Noise Reduction
• D'Lynn Waldron: Eliminating color ‘noise’ in digital photographs using Gaussian Blur with Fade in RGB, or using Lab Color
• PhotoCamel Forums: Removing Color Noise Without a Third-Party Utility: i.e. Noise Ninja, Neat Image

Thank you, Mr. Librarian, for yet another very useful compendium of links.