Nik Software Complete Collection - Aperture Edition NIK-1398 User Guide
Product codes
NIK-1398
Dfine
®
2.0
User Guide
The available Noise Brushes are:
• Background - The Background Noise Brush applies noise
reduction that is designed to effectively reduce noise that
appears in a background of the image.
appears in a background of the image.
• Hot Pixels – The Hot Pixels Noise Brush helps minimize
unwanted pixels that become visible as bright dots in the
image, often appearing against dark backgrounds and night
shots.
image, often appearing against dark backgrounds and night
shots.
• Fine Structures - The Fine Structures Noise Brush reduces
dominant color noise while reducing contrast noise. This
effectively balances the presence of detail and noise in image
components such as hair and fine image structures that may
otherwise be adversely affected by noise reduction.
effectively balances the presence of detail and noise in image
components such as hair and fine image structures that may
otherwise be adversely affected by noise reduction.
• Skin – When applied to the skin of subjects with your images,
the Skin Noise Brush reduces both contrast and color noise and
irregularities while taking into account any fine detail structures
that may be present in the image.
irregularities while taking into account any fine detail structures
that may be present in the image.
• Sky - The Sky Noise Brush reduces chrominance noise and
smoothes noise artifacts that often appear very strongly in the
sky of an image.
sky of an image.
• Shadows - The Shadows Noise Brush reduces chrominance
noise based on its appearance in shadows and low light areas,
while considering the potential for detail and structures in such
areas.
while considering the potential for detail and structures in such
areas.
• Strong Noise - The Strong Noise Brush reduces strong noise
while preserving as much image structure as possible. This
brush is appropriate in images with high levels of contrast
noise and for high ISO images where noise is very dominant.
The Strong Noise brush is an alternative method to selective
blurring, where traditional blurring methods often lead to
unnatural structures and color shifts.
brush is appropriate in images with high levels of contrast
noise and for high ISO images where noise is very dominant.
The Strong Noise brush is an alternative method to selective
blurring, where traditional blurring methods often lead to
unnatural structures and color shifts.
To use one of the Noise Brushes, simply click on the detail that
matches the area you wish to apply noise reduction to. The Selective
Tool will process the image and then enable you to selectively apply
that effect using the
matches the area you wish to apply noise reduction to. The Selective
Tool will process the image and then enable you to selectively apply
that effect using the
Paint, Erase, Fill, and Clear buttons described
later in this chapter. You can control the amount of each of the Noise
Brushes’ effects by altering the opacity within the layer created by
that Noise Brush.
Brushes’ effects by altering the opacity within the layer created by
that Noise Brush.
Selective tools
Within the
Selective Tool you are provided with four different tools
with which you can apply the noise reduction created either with
Dfine 2.0 or one of the Noise Brushes.
Dfine 2.0 or one of the Noise Brushes.
After creating the desired effect, click on the
Apply button
Paint
Use the
Paint button to selectively paint the current noise reduction
effect into your image. Ensure that the mode of your Paint Brush
is set to Normal and that opacity is set to 100%. You can control
the amount of the effect that is added to your image by varying the
opacity of the brush.
is set to Normal and that opacity is set to 100%. You can control
the amount of the effect that is added to your image by varying the
opacity of the brush.
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Chapter 8: Selective Tool