Operating Instructions

12Photomatix Essentials 3.2 User Manual
3.3 Noise Reduction Options
Noise Reduction is often useful when using presets such as Painterly, Surreal or Grunge, because these
presets enhance local details, which has the drawback of accentuating noise. Noise reduction is particularly
recommended when processing RAW les directly in Photomatix, or when processing just one photo, especially
when this photo is underexposed.
You can turn Noise Reduction on or o, or be prompted whether to apply it after Step 2, by adjusting the
Reduce noise option. Since reducing noise takes time, you can choose to process only a subset of your source
images with noise reduction by adjusting the Apply noise reduction on option.