Macphun’s latest app offerings, Noiseless and Noiseless Pro, slot neatly into their long line of approachable photo editing utilities. Scrolling through the endless Camera Uploads folder in my Dropbox, I came across pockets of dim photo thumbnails from lowly lit nights out – concerts, birthdays, dinners. I made my first realization: I should take better photos. Most of these photos were riddled with coarse artifacts that turned flat surfaces into gravelly messes. Until I get a chance to do a better job, Macphun has offered up a tool that will turn grainy nights out into smoothed over memories. Noiseless Pro confidently leverages its ability to deliver clear results from the moment you launch the app. As soon as you load your first photo, you’re presented with a slider that you can drag back and forth to deliver a live before-and-after. It feels almost like a dare. After only a few seconds it was clear that my photos were improving, and running through some of the presets delivered quick inspiration; fine-grained adjustments are a click away, even though you won’t likely be disappointed with the presets. The initial interface pulls you in and makes you truly believe in the app, but I didn’t find it to be the most efficient way of using it. Yet, within minutes I had tweaked the app to my liking, and manipulating photos felt like an extension of my mind. The smooth transition from wondering what’s the point to getting exactly the point is made throughout the app. And with the quality of product output by the standalone app, using it as a plugin, as is offered by Noiseless Pro, in a full photo editing app gives an even faster track to smooth photos without looking pasty and over processed. Noiseless Pro offers a one-click rescue option for the photos I’ve taken that seemed like such great ideas at the time but were hopelessly poorly lit. Thanks, Macphun, for clearing up some cloudy memories.
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