
Photomatix Pro User Guide 11
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.
2. To process the image using Tone Mapping, click Tone
Mapping from the Workow Shortcut bar.
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.
Reducing noise on a single image
JPEG le
RAW Processing Options dialog box
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 takes the white balance read 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.
Note
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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