Improver
This filter is similar in some respects to the 'Supersmooth' filter from set two;
however, this one will usually perform better if you're trying to clean up a noisy
image. It also allows a little controllable sharpening, and does a reasonable job
of cleaning up JPG artifacts on over-compressed images.
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This image of Christina Aguilera (yet again) is quite grainy.
Let's see if we can improve things a little.
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You will usually need to experiment with the settings to get best performance
for any given image. The 'Edge sensitivity' slider, especially, is fairly
critical - it controls the balance between smoothing of noise and sharpening
of detail. In other words, too high a setting will cause the filter to sharpen
the noise, which is not usually a good idea...
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The 'Portrait' and 'Landscape' buttons can be used to set all three sliders
to sensible starting values for the corresponding style of image. Please note
that the settings are not ideal, or even recommended - they're merely
sensible starting points. This is the result from the default 'Portrait'
settings.
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And here, for comparison, is the result from the default 'Landscape' settings.
In this case, the filter has sharpened more agressively.
Tip: With some images, it can be useful to apply the filter twice over,
once at landscape and again at portrait settings.
Tip: After clicking 'Portrait' or 'Landscape', zoom the preview image
to 1:1 by holding down [Shift] and clicking the [+] button. Then, adjust the
'Edge sensitivity' and 'Sharpening' sliders to get the best balance between
noise suppression and sharpening.
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