
Photomatix Pro 5.0 User Manual 13
2.2 Working with Single Image Files
Photomatix Pro supports Tone Mapping of single
image les� To load a single image le:
1� Drag the image le to the Photomatix Pro application
(Windows) or icon on your Dock (Mac)�
OR
Select Open from the File menu� A le browser
window displays� Navigate to the le and open it�
OR
Click Load Single Photo in the Workow Shortcuts window�
2� To process the image using Tone Mapping, click Tone
Mapping from the Workow Shortcuts panel�
If the le is a JPG, a dialog will show to let you decide whether to reduce the noise on your image before
tone mapping� If desired, check Do not ask me again to skip this dialog and use your Yes or No selection
for all single JPGs that you process with Tone Mapping� If you need to re-enable the dialog later, access
the Photomatix Pro Preferences to change the setting� The Preferences are available from the View menu
(Windows) or Photomatix Pro menu (Mac)�
2.2.1 Options for Single RAW Image Files
When your single image is a RAW le, Photomatix must rst
convert the RAW data� The following options are available
for pre-processing the RAW data�
The Reduce noise option processes the converted RAW
le with high-quality noise reduction� It is checked by
default as reducing noise is always recommended when
processing RAW les� The Strength slider lets you increase
or decrease the strength of the noise reduction relative to
the automatically determined value based on the noise
level in the image� Values range from 50% to 150%�
The Reduce chromatic aberrations option automatically
corrects color fringing due to chromatic aberrations of the lens�
The White Balance options let you change the white balance, if desired, and preview the eect of changing it� The
default value is "As Shot", which reads the white balance setting from the EXIF metadata� To adjust the white balance,
select a pre-dened value from the White Balance drop-down list or type a color temperature in Kelvin in the text box�
Click Preview sample to view the eect of the white balance change on the source image�
The Color Space drop-down list provides options for converting the RAW data from the camera's native
color space to the display prole of the selected value� AdobeRGB is the default value and is appropriate
when you want to print the resulting image� If you do not intend to print the image, select sRGB for web-only
images to avoid having to convert the image from AdobeRGB to sRGB�
Enable Exposure Fusion allows the image to be processed using the Fusion methods� Normally, Fusion methods are
applicable only to multiple image sets� This option will split the single RAW le into darker and lighter images, which can
then be fused� This allows to use presets belonging to Exposure Fusion methods, such as the 'Natural' preset, for instance�
Reducing noise on a single image JPEG le
RAW Processing Options dialog box
Tone mapping with the Details Enhancer
method makes any noise present in the image
much more visible, so it is a good idea to
pre-process your image with noise reduction
before tone mapping.
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