User Guide

User Guide Neat Image

20-Nov-03

• To build a new profile using the input image or a specially prepared test image.

The first two options are available once you have a ready-made set of profiles. You may find free sets of

profiles for your imaging device(s) in:

• Profiles

section of Neat Image web page;

• Device noise profiles

section of Neat Image community forum;

• Other digital imaging forums and web pages from users of Neat Image.

Once you have a set of profiles for different modes of your imaging device, you can (automatically or

manually) select a profile that matches the input image.

If you cannot find a ready-made set of profiles, then you can easily build profiles yourself. See the

Building device noise profiles section, page 16, for more information.

To automatically select and open the best matching noise profile

⇒ Click

(the Profile matcher button) or select the Profile | Open Best Matching Profile menu

item.

Neat Image automatic profile matcher uses the EXIF data fields of the input image to select the

device noise profile that best matches the device mode of the image. The device noise profile is

selected among a set of profiles stored in a special folder (and its subfolders). You can specify this

folder in the application options.

See Profile matching options, page 37, for more details about the following profile matching options:

Matching device noise profile folder/directory, Matching parameters priorities and Auto match on

image open.

To manually select and open a device noise profile

⇒ Click

(the Open device noise profile… button, blue disk) in the Device Noise Profile box or

select the Profile | Open… menu item. In the Open device noise profile dialog box, you can

specify the name of the device noise to be opened.

Select a profile using the popup menu: click on the button on the right side of the profile name

shown in the top part of the Device Noise Profile box, and select a profile from the popup menu.

When selecting a profile that matches the device mode of the input image, use the profile file names

and folder structure to guide your search. See Preparing a set of profiles for different device modes,

page 25, for more information on structuring the profile sets.

To build a new profile using the input or test image

If the input image has enough featureless areas or you have prepared a special test image (see Using the

calibration target, page 23) then you can build a new device noise profile on the spot. Please see

Building a device noise profile for specific device mode, page 16, for detailed instructions.

4.3. Step III. Adjust filter settings

Use the Noise Filter Settings tab in the Filtration Job Editor:

The noise and sharpening filters have many settings that you can adjust. You can vary the settings to

find values that produce the best results from your point of view. The easiest way to do this is to use the

preview.

If there is no popup menu, check the Folder options of Neat Image, see page 38.