PhotoAcute Studio
Used it once, but the other features (noise stacking, superresolution stacking -- getting 28mpx jpgs from 7mpx jpgs, moving objects removal) work great.
Funny you should mention this one. I downloaded it the other day and didn't even know what it was for. I just got done using the demo examples included. Quite the interesting (and amazing) bit of software. A new one for the must-haves toolbox.
I thought the "remove moving objects" was quite clever. How many times people want to take vacation shots of some landmark being flooded with gawkers. With enough photos so the landmark structures shows through all the moving people, you can remove all the people.
The HDR demo seemed to perform quite well too, as too the focus stacking, and that high-resolution method from many standard frames was interesting too. I like too that it will also spit out aligned and cropped images if need be for other projects. Lots of utilitarian-ness to this one.
Thanks for mentioning it and making me go see what it was.
I'm just as amazed. I used the superresolution mode to make 28mpx pictures and severely impress my buddies. I shot my own camera in the mirror, 10 times then used the software. If you don't get any extra resolution, you at least get a sharp noiseless picture in the end.
I did some noise removal tests with ISO 400 and they look great.
The "remove moving objects from first frame" would be best used for public places, effectively displacing any passer-by.
HDR... not so impressed. So far, I like easyHDR for sharpness and Photoshop for neutral balance.
I'm going to have some tests done with multiple shots in PhotoAcute and noise reduction in Neat Image. ISO 400 shots look better than ISO 80 after processing.
