David J Taylor wrote:
"Alan Browne" wrote in message
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Except for some slide film scans where shadow noise can be
objectionable, I rarely have issue enough with it to worry. I agree
that $600+ programs like CS3/CS4 should have it ... OTOH, there is a
world of 3rd party plugins out there that represent functionality that
PS does not have.

Putting it mildly, I would be disappointed to find that I had to buy
add-ons to provide functionality missing from a $600 program.

Perhaps Noise Ninja et al bribe the product managers at Adobe to leave
such out.

(I've heard so many times of late of people receiving FedEx (or UPS,
Purolator, etc.) packages in W-A-Y oversized packages (eg: 2 cu. ft.
box to hold a 10 cu. in. product package) that I wonder if some
shipping co's have people following expediting employees to their
watering hole and bribing them to overpack ... )

.. but a micro-SD card might get lost were it not over-sized in its
packaging! G

What annoys me more are those sealed, clear-plastic packages for things
on sale from customer self selection racks - typically in airports - and
even for SD cards. You know, the ones where you need scissors or a
knife to open the package, but there's no way you are allowed to bring
scissors or knives through security. So you end up struggling to unseal
the package with your teeth or worse!

Just ask for a coke in the can when you get on the airplane. Then bend
the can until it breaks (drink coke first). Those sharp edges will cut
through the plastic.