User Guide

User Guide Neat Image
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20-Nov-03
Table of contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................3
1.1. Overview..................................................................................................................................................3
1.2. Features....................................................................................................................................................3
1.3. Requirements ...........................................................................................................................................4
2. Key concepts .........................................................................................................5
2.1. What it can do – functionality of Neat Image ..........................................................................................5
2.2. When it works – types of input images ....................................................................................................5
3. Filtration process overview ..................................................................................6
3.1. Overview of filtration process..................................................................................................................6
3.2. Running Neat Image on a sample image..................................................................................................7
4. Filtration process details ......................................................................................9
4.1. Step I. Open an input image.....................................................................................................................9
4.2. Step II. Prepare a device noise profile......................................................................................................9
4.3. Step III. Adjust filter settings.................................................................................................................10
4.4. Step IV. Apply filter to the input image.................................................................................................14
4.5. Step V. Save the output image ...............................................................................................................14
5. Building device noise profiles............................................................................16
5.1. Building a device noise profile for specific device mode.......................................................................16
5.2. Using the calibration target....................................................................................................................23
5.3. Profiling methods...................................................................................................................................24
5.4. Preparing a set of profiles for different device modes............................................................................25
6. Using Component viewer and Variant selector ................................................28
6.1. Component Viewer ................................................................................................................................28
6.2. Variant Selector......................................................................................................................................28
7. Queued processing .............................................................................................29
7.1. Filtration Queue window........................................................................................................................29
7.2. Creating new image filtration jobs.........................................................................................................29
7.3. Editing image filtration jobs...................................................................................................................31
7.4. Removing image filtration jobs..............................................................................................................31
7.5. Queuing and holding image filtration jobs.............................................................................................32
7.6. Starting and stopping the filtration queue ..............................................................................................32
7.7. Saving output images.............................................................................................................................32
8. Using plug-in........................................................................................................33
8.1. Installing the plug-in into an image editor..............................................................................................33
8.2. Using the plug-in to process images.......................................................................................................33
8.3. Using the plug-in in Photoshop actions..................................................................................................34
9. Application options .............................................................................................35
9.1. General options......................................................................................................................................35
9.2. Job defaults ............................................................................................................................................36
9.3. Profiling options.....................................................................................................................................36
9.4. Profile matching options........................................................................................................................37
9.5. Filtration options....................................................................................................................................38
9.6. Folder options ........................................................................................................................................38
10. Examples..............................................................................................................40
10.1. Images to build a device noise profile ...............................................................................................40
10.2. Images to fine-tune a device noise profile .........................................................................................42
10.3. Filtration results.................................................................................................................................43
11. Questions and Answers......................................................................................44
11.1. General questions...............................................................................................................................44
11.2. Filtration-related questions ................................................................................................................44
12. Tips and Tricks ....................................................................................................46
12.1. Preventing banding............................................................................................................................46
12.2. Filtration of shadow areas..................................................................................................................46
12.3. Partial filtration..................................................................................................................................46
12.4. Faster processing ...............................................................................................................................46
13. Information...........................................................................................................47
13.1. Known issues.....................................................................................................................................47
13.2. Plans ..................................................................................................................................................47
13.3. Detailed feature map..........................................................................................................................47
13.4. Contacts.............................................................................................................................................48
13.5. Legal information ..............................................................................................................................48
13.6. Registration........................................................................................................................................49
13.7. Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................49
14. Index .....................................................................................................................50