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Looks like normal noise from out-of-camera JPEG files to me. Have you considered shooting raw and trying a different raw converter?
	 
	
	
	
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Can someone circle the white dots for me? [:P]
I really can't tell luck101, and I'm a fussy one for things like this...
	 
	
	
	
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raw when i use CS4, does actually a good job of this. but i dont use raw too often!!! and even if i try to reduce noise, they are not affected. i know white dots are some noise, when there isnt alot, but this case, there are alot, and kill my images.
this image was taken with raw+jpeg. no imporvements on raw file
jpeg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/luck101/jpg1.jpg
raw
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/luck101/raw1.jpg
	 
	
	
	
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The dots look like "standard" iso noise to me, or at least thats what ive always called it. 
	 
	
	
	
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The only thing I'd recommend to reduce the appearance of the white dots after sharpening, is to fade your shaprening function form the "Edit" menu. For example. if you just sharpened using the "Unsharp Mask" method, right after doing that your next step would be to go to "Edit", select "Fade Unsharp Mask", and select "Luminocity" mode. That will prevent PS from making the white spots brighter.
	 
	
	
	
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Could you provide the full image along with the 100% 400% or whatever crop you prefer for showing the "white dots". 
Thanks
Joel
	 
	
	
	
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You should always shoot in RAW, jpeg is just a veiwing format and compreses the picture every time you save it. When you edit a picture in RAW you are actually only editing the "formula" by which the picture will converted to either jpeg or tiff. tiff stands for "tagged image format" and is a lossless format and is another format that you could do your editing.
This isjust normal noise. Try using DDP it has very good noise reduction, it has seperate control of the white noise and the colored noise.